Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities in Crop Plants: Diagnosis and Correction

Contents: 1. Visual diagnosis and correction of nutritional disorders in crops. 2. Essential elements and their functions. 3. Diagnostic techniques for nutritional disorders. 4. Diagnosing, causes for deficiencies and correction. 5. Causes for mineral deficiencies. 6. Corrective - measures – techniques. 7. Cereals. 8. Pulses. 9. Oil seeds. 10. Sugar crops. 11. Fibre crop. 12. Narcotics. 13. Forages. 14. Physiological disorders. 15. Glossary. 16. Bibliography.

The ability to identify deficiencies of plant nutrients before they limit crop yields is a major need in modern agriculture. The ability requires using a combination of diagnostic methods that enable remedial step to be taken before the crop yields are severely reduced. Three main methods of diagnosis may be used: visual deficiency symptoms, soil analyses and leaf tissue analyses. This book presents vast information on foliar diagnosis for managing the nutritional disorders for most of the important agricultural Crops viz., Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds, Fiber Crops etc. The book is written from a practical stand point, on the description of deficiency symptoms along with colour photographs associated with specific nutrient deficiencies. The other chapters are devoted to present a brief account on mineral nutrition, uptake processes of plant nutrients, their availability in nature and in soil, their role in plant metabolism. A detailed account of macro and micro nutrients and their management strategies are comprehensively discussed on both the underlying theory and practical application.