Achieving Sustainable Crop Nutrition

This collection reviews current research on understanding nutrient cycles, the ways crops process nutrients, the environmental effects of fertilizer use and how this understanding can be used to improve nutrient use efficiency for a more resource-efficient and climate-smart agriculture.

Parts 1-3 summarise research on the primary macronutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Chapter review what we know about nutrient cycles, crop nutrient processing, potential environmental effects and ways of optimising nutrient use efficiency (NUE). The fourth section of the book discusses secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, magnesium, sulphur, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenum.

The final two parts of the book review research on optimising fertiliser use. Chapters cover topics such as assessing nutrient availability, decision support systems for optimising crop nutrition, advances in site-specific nutrient management and advances in integrated plant nutrient management. Other chapters discuss enhanced efficiency fertilisers, the use of bio-effectors/bio-stimulants, fertigation techniques and the use of organic amendments.

With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference on optimising crop nutrition for the crop science and farming community.

Summary

This collection reviews current research on understanding nutrient cycles, the ways crops process nutrients, the environmental effects of fertilizer use and how this understanding can be used to improve nutrient use efficiency for a more resource-efficient and climate-smart agriculture.

Product details

• Assisted by: Prof Zed Rengel (Editor), Zed Rengel (Editor)
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781786763129
• ISBN: 978-1-78676-312-9
• No. of pages: 830
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 44 mm
• Weight: 1270 g
• Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science; Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric; Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Sc
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Ackerbau und landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Technology & Industrial Arts, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science