Nutrient Elements in Grassland: Soil-Plant-Animal Relationships

Nutrient Elements in Grassland: Soil-Plant-Animal Relationships

Author: D. C. Whitehead
ISBN: 9780851994376
Pages: 384
Format: 15 X 24
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 2000


Readership
Soil science, environmental science, plant science and animal nutrition.

Key Features
• Covers data relevant to grassland areas of temperate regions
• Includes a glossary of specialised terms

Main Description
This book is an essential reference source covering the chemical elements that are nutrients for plants or grazing animals. It deals with the concentrations and transformations of these elements in soils, grassland plants, and ruminant animals, particularly cattle and sheep. For each element, the following data are given: forms occurring in soil, factors that affect availability and concentration, uptake and distribution in grassland plants, role in animal nutrition, amounts and forms excreted by grazing animals, and concentrations needed by ruminant animals.

Reviews
• "This book will be of great value to everyone studying, investigating or advising on the management of grazed pastures."
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2003

Main Contents
• Introduction
• Amounts, Sources and Availability of Nutrient Elements in Soils
• Uptake and Concentrations of Nutrient Elements in Grassland Herbage
• Nutrient Elements in Ruminant Animals
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus
• Sulphur
• Macronutrient Cations: Potassium, Sodium, Calcium and Magnesium
• Micronutrient Cations: Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper and Cobalt
• The Nutrient Halogens: Chlorine and Iodine
• Boron, Molybdenum and Selenium