[EBOOK] The use of NUTRIENTS in CROP PLANTS, N. K. Fageria, National Rice and Bean Research Center of EMBRAPA, Santo Antônio de Goiás Brazil

This book is the outgrowth of my more than 40 years’ experience in research on mineral nutrition of crop plants. Its objective is to help bridge the gap between theoretical aspects of mineral nutrition and practical applicability of basic principles of fertilization and use efficiency of essential plant nutrients. Mineral nutrition played a significant role in improving crop yields in the 20th century, and its role in increasing crop yields will become even larger in the 21st century. This is due to the scarcity of natural resources (soil and water), higher cost of inorganic fertilizers, higher food demand by an increasing world population, environmental pollution concern regarding the use of inadequate rate, form, and methods of chemical fertilizers, and higher demand for quality food by consumers worldwide. Nutrient sufficiency is the basis of good human and animal health. Nutrient availability to the world population is primarily determined by the output of food produced from agricultural systems. If agricultural systems fail to provide adequate food in quantity and quality, there will be disorder in food security and chaos in the social systems, which will threaten peace and security. Under these conditions, improving food supply worldwide with adequate quantity and quality is fundamental. Supply of adequate mineral nutrients in adequate amount and proportion to higher plants will certainly determine such accomplishments. Hence this book provides information and discussion on maximizing essential nutrients uptake and use efficiency by food crops and improving their productivity without degrading the environment.

Justification for publishing this book lies in its format covering both theoretical and practical aspects of mineral nutrition of plants. The presentation of updated experimental data in the form of tables and figures makes the book more practical as well as more informative and attractive. It will serve as a reference book for those involved in research, teaching, and extension services and a textbook for senior-and graduate-level courses. Agricultural science is dynamic in nature, and fertilizer practices change with time due to release of new cultivators and other crop production practices in sustainable crop production systems. Inclusion of a large number of references of international dimension make this book a valuable tool for crop and soil professionals to maximize nutrient use efficiency in different agroecological regions. The majority of research data included in each chapter are the author’s own work, providing evidence of plant responses to applied nutrients under field or greenhouse conditions. Hence the information is practical in nature. Comprehensive coverage of all essential plant nutrients with experimental results make this book unique and practical. The focus is on presenting in-depth and updated scientific information in the area of mineral nutrition. The information provided in this book will have a huge impact on management of inorganic and organic fertilizers, enhance the stability of agricultural systems, help agricultural scientists to maximize nutrient use efficiency, improve crop yields at lower cost, and help maintain a clean environment (air, water, and soil), all of which will contribute to the maintenance of sound human and animal health.

Preparing a book of this nature involves the assistance and cooperation of many people, to whom I am grateful. I also thank the National Rice and Bean Research Center of EMBRAPA, Brazil, for providing necessary facilities in writing the book. I express my appreciation to the publisher and share in their pride of a job well done. I dedicate this book with great respect to my late father, Goru Ram Fageria, and my mother, Dhaki Fageria; their hard work and dedication on a small farm in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India inspired my interest in higher education. Finally, I express sincere appreciation to my wife, Shanti; children, Rajesh, Satya Pal, and Savita; daughter-in-law, Neera; son-in-law, Ajay; and grandchildren, Anjit, Maia, and Sofia, for their understanding, patience, and strong encouragement, without which this book could not have been written.

[EBOOK] The use of NUTRIENTS in CROP PLANTS, N.K. Fageria, National Rice and Bean Research Center of EMBRAPA, Santo Antônio de Goiás Brazil

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