Nutrition of crop plants

199 Pages·2015·5.866 MB·English

by  Mia, Md. Abdul Baset

PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCH AND PRACTICES

NUTRITION OF CROP PLANTS

No part of this digital document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or
by any means. The publisher has taken reasonable care in the preparation of this digital document, but makes no
expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No
liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of information
contained herein. This digital document is sold with the clear understanding that the publisher is not engaged in
rendering legal, medical or any other professional services.
P S R P
LANT CIENCE ESEARCH AND RACTICES

Additional books in this series can be found on Nova‘s website
under the Series tab.

Additional e-books in this series can be found on Nova‘s website
under the e-book tab.
PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCH AND PRACTICES

NUTRITION OF CROP PLANTS

M. A. BASET MIA, PHD

New York
Copyright © 2015 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in
any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic, tape, mechanical photocopying, recording or
otherwise without the written permission of the Publisher.

We have partnered with Copyright Clearance Center to make it easy for you to obtain permissions to reuse
content from this publication. Simply navigate to this publication‘s page on Nova‘s website and locate the
―Get Permission‖ button below the title description. This button is linked directly to the title‘s permission
page on copyright.com. Alternatively, you can visit copyright.com and search by title, ISBN, or ISSN.

For further questions about using the service on copyright.com, please contact:
Copyright Clearance Center
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected].

NOTICE TO THE READER
The Publisher has taken reasonable care in the preparation of this book, but makes no expressed or implied
warranty of any kind and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for
incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of information contained in this book.
The Publisher shall not be liable for any special, consequential, or exemplary damages resulting, in whole or
in part, from the readers‘ use of, or reliance upon, this material. Any parts of this book based on government
reports are so indicated and copyright is claimed for those parts to the extent applicable to compilations of
such works.

Independent verification should be sought for any data, advice or recommendations contained in this book. In
addition, no responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property
arising from any methods, products, instructions, ideas or otherwise contained in this publication.

This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject
matter covered herein. It is sold with the clear understanding that the Publisher is not engaged in rendering
legal or any other professional services. If legal or any other expert assistance is required, the services of a
competent person should be sought. FROM A DECLARATION OF PARTICIPANTS JOINTLY ADOPTED
BY A COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND A COMMITTEE OF
PUBLISHERS.

Additional color graphics may be available in the e-book version of this book.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nutrition of crop plants / editor: Md. Abdul Baset Mia, Ph.D. (Professor of Crop Botany, Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh).
pages cm. -- (Plant science research and practices)
Includes index.
ISBN(cid:3)(cid:28)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:27)(cid:21)(cid:16)(cid:27)(cid:23)(cid:25)(cid:16)(cid:27)(cid:3)(cid:11)(cid:72)(cid:16)(cid:37)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:78)(cid:12)
1. Crops--Nutrition. I. Mia, Md. Abdul Baset, editor. II. Series: Plant science research and practices.
QK867.N88 2015
572'.42--dc23
2015015671

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. † New York
CONTENTS

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 Concept and Classification of Plant Nutrient Elements 1
Chapter 2 Root and Rhizosphere in Relation to Nutrient Absorption 9
Chapter 3 Mechanisms of Nutrient Uptake 23
Chapter 4 Foliar Uptake of Nutrients 45
Chapter 5 Nitrogen (N) 51
Chapter 6 Phosphorus (P) 69
Chapter 7 Potassium (K) 75
Chapter 8 Sulfur (S) 83
Chapter 9 Calcium (Ca) 89
Chapter 10 Magnesium (Mg) 95
Chapter 11 Iron (Fe) 101
Chapter 12 Manganese (Mn) 107
Chapter 13 Zinc (Zn) 111
Chapter 14 Copper (Cu) 117
Chapter 15 Boron (B) 123
Chapter 16 Molybdenum (Mo) 129
Chapter 17 Chlorine (Cl) 133
Chapter 18 Beneficial Elements 137
Chapter 19 Biofertilizer 143
Chapter 20 Role of Plant Nutrients on Pest and Diseases 157
Chapter 21 Diagnosis of Nutrient Deficiency in Crop Plant 163
Index 179

PREFACE

Crop nutrition is an essential discipline of plant science of crop production. The
importance of crop nutrition for the increase of yield and quality of crops is beyond to
explain. In a simple manner crop nutrition is the study of uptake and utilization of elements
for physiological process of response to growth and development of crop plants. It is a
surprise of nature that organisms especially the phyta can acquire the elements (both mineral
and non-mineral) in its organ through different biochemical processes for growth and
developmen. Around sixty elements are taken up by the plants where only quarter (16) of
them are essential for plants. Recently, beneficial elements are gaining eminence for special
circumstances of certain plant species; they have been shown to stimulate crop growth. Crop
requires balance nutrients for successful growth and development which have been discussed
in the book. The main objectives of this book are to describe and discuss the essential mineral
nutrients, their metabolic role and uptake mechanisms in crop plants and explain the basic
processes and relationship of relevance to the scientific understanding of plant nutrition.
The book includes the classification of essential nutrients in various aspects with special
emphasis on the physiological and biochemical functions, and their uptake process through
membrane. Much of emphases have given on the root structure and rhizosphere in relation to
nutrient uptake and their assimilation in the cellular level.
Biochemical and metabolic role of essential nutrients have been discussed
comprehensively. Diagnosis of nutrient deficiencies by different techniques and the remedies
of deficient plants have been discussed elaborately. Additionally, the text book has been
written in simple manner with needed illustrators on the cell membrane and membrane port to
where the nutrients are transported through uphill and downhill process.
The goal of this book is to establish a thorough understanding of plant nutrition, and
certainly a text book for agriculturist, researchers in the field of crop science, students‘,
academicians and for the crop cultivators as a whole. Finally, it is a consolidated book
comprising different areas of plant nutrition and the stakeholders will be benefited from a
single book like this.