ABSTRACT
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 optimise nutrient use efficiency (NUE) and reduce fertiliser use. Chapters summarise research on the primary macronutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. They also discuss secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, magnesium, sulphur, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenum. The final two parts of the book review research on fertiliser application. 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 organic amendments.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|80 pages
Primary macronutrients: nitrogen
part 2|102 pages
Primary macronutrients: phosphorus
chapter Chapter 5|38 pages
Advances in understanding the environmental effects of phosphorus fertilization
part 3|88 pages
Primary macronutrients: potassium
part 4|208 pages
Secondary macronutrients and micronutrients
chapter Chapter 13|18 pages
Current advances in zinc in soils and plants: implications for zinc efficiency and biofortification studies
part 5|316 pages
Optimising fertilizer use