Plant Nutrition - Growth and Diagnosis Current Status and

Future Prospects

Editors : Ramdane Dris PhD., Farouk Hassan Abdelaziz PhD., Shri Mohan Jain PhD.

Summary
The main focus of this book is also to deliver knowledge-based management tools. The use of recent methods or advanced techniques should make the information more meaningful to scientists and other readers and allow them to apply techniques to a wider range of crops. The manuscripts of this book interactions between growth, mineral nutrition and quality performance for a wide variety of crops. There are 43 chapters that cover the following topics:

Contents:

• Influence of mineral nutrition on yield and quality of apples;
• Uptake of N, P, K and Ca by onion plants (Allium cepa L.);
• Influence of crop residue compost and nitrogenous fertilizer on growth, nutrient uptake and fruit yield of tomato;
• Sweet cherry fruit cracking as a result of different modes of calcium application;
• Evaluation of nutritional status of different strawberry variaties;
• Effect of mineral composition on quality changes in lettuce;
• Influence of mineral composition on storability of cucumber;
• Mineral composition and its impact on quality of onions (Allium cepa L.);
• Effect of fertilization on yield and postharvest quality of vegetables;
• Impact of nitrogen and calcium availability on apple quality;
• Effect of fruit nutrient content and storage conditions on quality and storability of apple;
• Impact of nitrogen nutrition on yield and quality of bean;
• Cytokinins and potato productivity;
• Response of 'Ewaise' mango trees to application of some slow-release nitrogenous fertilizers;
• Crop management and sustainable production;
• Influence of Lactofol on quality of pepper seed after storage;
• Relationship between nutrient content of soil, leaves and trunk circumference of apricot grown on sandy soils;
• Evaluation of chemical quality in fruit during maturation of soursop (Annona muricata L.);
• Red beet as bioindicator of urban soil pollution by heavy metals;
• Fertilization of apple trees on Shandong province of China;
• Nitrate levels in vegetables grown in Lithuania and factors influencing their accumulation;
• Effect of nitrogenous fertilizers on yield and chemical composition of thyme;
• Influence of nitrogenous fertilizers on onion yield, quality and storability;
• Ecological and agronomical aspects of associative nitrogen fixation in vegetable growing;
• Apricot nutritional imbalances as determined by foliar diagnosis and Dris norms;
• Influence of selenium in nature and human diet;
• Mineral nutrition of fruits;
• Interactions of orchard factors and phosphorus nutrition on quality of pome fruits;
• Effect of copper nutrition in commercial apple orchards;
• Role of iron nutrition in commercial apple orchards;
• Interaction of nutrition and environment on manganese status in apple orchards;
• Influence of potassium nutrition in commercial apple orchards;
• Magnesium nutrition in apple orchards;
• Studies on the influence of spraying some nutrients and ascorbic acid on inflorecence malformation and fruiting of 'Taimour' mangos;
• Attempt at producing Egyptian lime fruits year round by fruit thinning using NAA;
• Effect of phenyl urea cytokinin on yield, berry development, maturity and fruit quality of Flame vines;
• Trace elements and heavy metal contents of fruits and vegetables in the environs of Gediz river;
• Nitrogen metabolism in roots and leaves of green bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Strike) under nitrogen deficiency;
• Irrigation capacity and prospects for developing crop production in Algeria;
• Mineral composition of carrot (Daucus carota L.);
• Role of farmyard manure in integrated nutrient management in Indian soils for sustainable crop production;
• Influence of zinc nutrition in apple orchards;
• Influence of calcium on calcium deficiency related disorders in vegetables.

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