Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities in Crop Plants

Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities in Crop Plants

Author: William F. Bennett
ISBN: 9780890541517
Pages: 202
Format: 22 X 29
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 1993

This book discusses the role of essential nutrients in relation to nearly two dozen crops. Use the book's 307 color photographs to diagnose disorders in the field. The accompanying text explains symptoms in detail, with information provided by 31 crop experts.

Covers the following crops/crop groups: peanuts, corn, rice, sorghum, wheat and other small grains, sugarcane, sugar beet, soybeans, cotton, cucurbits, onions, tomato, common bean, potato, apples and pears, citrus, peaches and nectarines, grapes, and turfgrass.

Table of Contents 

Plant Nutrient Utilization and Diagnostic Plant Symptoms; Part 1: Grain Crops; Corn; Rice; Sorghum; Wheat and Other Small Grains; Part 2: Sugar and Oilseed Crops; Sugarcane; Color Plates; Sugar Beet; Soybeans; Peanuts; Cotton; Part 3: Vegetable Crops; Cucurbits: Cucumber, Muskmelon, and Watermelon; Onions; Tomato; Common Bean; Potato; Part 4: Fruit Crops; Apples and Pears; Citrus; Stone Fruit: Peaches and Nectarines; Grapes; Part 5: Turfgrass; Turfgrass; Related Publications; Index