ABSTRACT
Detailed information is given in the individual chapters about current knowledge on each of the nutrient and benecial elements used by plants. The chapters were written between June 2013 and April 2014, so “current” in this context refers to that time period. Comparison of the chapters with the equivalent ones in the rst edition gives some indication of how research in plant nutrition has moved on since 2007, and although there are mostly different contributors of the chapters in this second edition, there are also changes in the way that each element is covered due to personal choice. It is also possible to draw out from the chapters common themes that link work on the different elements.
