Nutrient deficiencies and Toxicities in Crop Plants

Hardcover  202 pages, 307 colour photographs, 18 B&W illus  ISBN 0890541515      £60.00

This book discusses the role of essential nutrients in relation to nearly two dozen crops, providing over 300 Use colour photographs that may be used to diagnose disorders in the field. The accompanying text explains symptoms in detail, with information provided by 31 crop experts. It covers many of the major crops (including peanuts, corn, rice, sorghum, wheat and other small grains, sugarcane, sugar beet, soybeans, cotton, cucurbits, onions, tomato, common bean, potato, apples and pears, citrus, grapes, peaches and nectarines) as well as turfgrass. The contents are as follows:

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, Colour Plates, Sugar Beet, Soybeans, Peanuts, Cotton

Part 3: Vegetable Crops Cucurbits: Cucumber, Muskmelon, Watermelon, Onions, Tomato, Common Bean, Potato

Part 4: Fruit Crops Apples and Pears, Citrus, Stone Fruit: Peaches and Nectarines, Grapes

Part 5: Turfgrass

Index