Handbook of Plant Nutrition SECOND EDITION
Item
Title
Handbook of
Plant
Nutrition
SECOND EDITION
Plant
Nutrition
SECOND EDITION
Description
In 2007, we edited Handbook of Plant Nutrition, a compendium of knowledge at that time on
the mineral nutrition of plants. This handbook was inspired by Homer D. Chapman’s 1965 book,
Diagnostic Criteria for Plants and Soils, and had contributions from eminent plant and soil scientists from around the world. Its purpose was to provide a current source of information on the nutritional requirements of world crops, and it covered the uptake and assimilation of elements essential
or beneficial for plant growth, the availability of these elements to plants, fertilizers used to enhance
the supply of the elements, and diagnostic testing of plants and soils to determine when they are in
short supply. Each element considered was given its own chapter, with macronutrients being covered
in more detail than micronutrients and beneficial elements.
the mineral nutrition of plants. This handbook was inspired by Homer D. Chapman’s 1965 book,
Diagnostic Criteria for Plants and Soils, and had contributions from eminent plant and soil scientists from around the world. Its purpose was to provide a current source of information on the nutritional requirements of world crops, and it covered the uptake and assimilation of elements essential
or beneficial for plant growth, the availability of these elements to plants, fertilizers used to enhance
the supply of the elements, and diagnostic testing of plants and soils to determine when they are in
short supply. Each element considered was given its own chapter, with macronutrients being covered
in more detail than micronutrients and beneficial elements.