Plant Nutrition Food security and sustainability of agro-ecosystems through basic and applied research /
The worldỚ"s population is expected to reach 8 billion by 2025 and most of this growth in population will occur in developing countries. To feed the world with such a marked increase in population, a great improvement in food production must be achieved particularly in these countries. To mee...
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Format: | Electronic |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2001.
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Series: | Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ;
92 |
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Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Plenary papers
- Genetics and molecular biology of plant nutrition
- Nutrient functions
- Nutrient uptake and translocation: Ion channels and ion pumps
- The role of the apoplast in plant mineral nutrition
- Mineral Nutrition: Plant quality and plant health
- Salinity and plant-soil-water relations
- Mineral element toxicity and resistance
- Nutrient acquisition: Mechanisms and modelling
- Soil organisms / plant interactions
- Fertiliser use with regard to optimum yield and environment
- Nutrient dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems Ớ processes and modelling
- Plant nutrition and sustainable development.