Nutrients for sugar beet production : soil-plant relationships /

• Main Authors: Draycott, A. Philip (Author), Christenson, Donald R., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Sugar beet > Fertilizers.; Plant-soil relationships.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Composition.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Soil Physics.; Soil Fertility.; Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Animal Wastes.; Techniques and Methodology.; Beta vulgaris.; Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera.; Application date.; Application methods.; Application rates.; Boron.; Boron fertilizers.; Calcium.; Calcium fertilizers.; Chemical composition.; Copper.; Copper fertilizers.; Crop production.; Crop quality.; Crop yield.; Fertilizer requirement determination.; Fodder beet.; Green manures.; Iron.; Iron fertilizers.; Irrigation.; Magnesium.; Magnesium fertilizers.; Manganese.; Manganese fertilizers.; Manures.; Mineral deficiencies.; Nitrogen.; Nitrogen fertilizers.; Nutrient availability.; Nutrient content.; Nutrient deficiencies.; Nutrient reserves.; Nutrient transport.; Nutrient uptake.; Organic farming.; Phosphorus.; Phosphorus fertilizers.; Plant analysis.; Plant composition.; Plant diseases.; Plant nutrition.; Plant pests.; Potassium.; Potassium fertilizers.; Remote sensing.; Residual effects.; Rotations.; Satellite imagery.; Seed crops.; Seed production.; Sodium.; Sodium fertilizers.; Soil analysis.; Soil physical properties.; Sugarbeet.; Sulfur.; Sulfur fertilizers.; Sustainability.; Trace element deficiencies.; Trace elements.; Zinc.; Zinc fertilizers.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book provides an up-to-date review of research on sugarbeet nutrition, including topics not covered in a similar work published in the early 1970s, such as soil and plant analyses, organic farming, sustainability, satellite mapping and remote sensing. Chapter 1 provides an overview of sugarbeet...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus and Sulphur
• Potassium and Sodium
• Calcium and Magnesium
• Micronutrients or Trace Elements
• Nutrient Deficiencies
• Organic Manures, Green Manuring and Organic Production
• Nutrient Reserves and Crop Rotations
• Soil Physical Conditions
• Time, Form and Method of Fertilizer Application
• Interactions between Nutrients, Water Supply, Pests and Diseases and Agronomic Practices
• Sugar Beet Quality
• Nutrient Requirements of Fodder Beet and of the Beet Seed Crop.