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 improve nutrient use efficiency for a more resource-efficient and climate-smart agriculture. Parts 1-3 summarise research on the primary macronutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Chapters review what we know about nutrient cycles, crop nutrient processing, potential environmental effects and ways of optimising nutrient use efficiency (NUE).
The fourth section of the book discusses secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, iron, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenum as well as soil organic matter. The final part of the book reviews research on optimising fertiliser use. Chapters cover topics such as assessing nutrient availability and advances in integrated plant nutrient management. Other chapters discuss enhanced efficiency fertilisers, the use of bio-effectors/bio-stimulants, fertigation techniques, foliar fertilizers and the use of treated wastes in crop nutrition.
Contributions by: David Pilbeam, Ajit S. Nehe, M. John Foulkes, J. F. Angus, Timothy S. George, Philip J. White, Andrew N. Sharpley, J. L. Havlin, A. J. Schlegel, Qifu Ma, Richard Bell, Kaushik Majumdar, Meenu Rani, T. Scott Murrell, Sudarshan Dutta, T. Satyanarayana, V. K. Singh, Jagadish Timsina, B. S. Dwivedi, Milan Mesic, Zeljka Zgorelec, Aleksandra Percin, Igor Bogunovic, Darija Bilandzija, O. Urrutia, M. Fuentes, M. Olaetxea, M. Garnica, R. Baigorri, A. M. Zamarreño, M. Movila, D. De Hita, J. M. Garcia-Mina, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Sunil Mandi, Gokhan Hacisalihoglu, Matthew W. Blair, Heiner E. Goldbach, Sidsel Birkelund Schmidt, Søren Husted, Aruna Nandety, Ali M. Missaoui, Frederikke N. Mikkelsen, Maria M. Rieckmann, Kristian H. Laursen, Bijay Singh, Ali M. Ali, Bryan G. Hopkins, Markus Weinmann, Günter Neumann, Asher Bar-Tal, Uri Yermiyahu, Alon Ben-Gal, Victoria Fernández, Héctor A. Bahamonde, Sylvia Kratz, Kerstin Panten, Ewald Schnug, Elke Bloem, J. Erro
