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  • Iron is a major constituent of the earth crust. However under alkaline conditi... Iron is a major constituent of the earth crust. However under alkaline conditions commonly found in arid and semi-arid environments iron becomes unavailable to plants. When plants are affected by a shortage of iron their leaves become yellow... more
  • Many agricultural crops worldwide especially in semi-arid climates suffer from... Many agricultural crops worldwide especially in semi-arid climates suffer from iron deficiencies. Among plants sensitive to iron deficiency are apples avocado bananas barley beans citrus cotton grapes peanuts pecans potatoes sorghum soybeans and... more
  • Many agricultural crops worldwide especially in semi-arid climates suffer from... Many agricultural crops worldwide especially in semi-arid climates suffer from iron deficiencies. Among plants sensitive to iron deficiency are apples avocado bananas barley beans citrus cotton grapes peanuts pecans potatoes sorghum soybeans and... more
  • The symposium on Zinc in Soils and Plants is the third in a series which began... The symposium on Zinc in Soils and Plants is the third in a series which began with Copper in Soils and Plants in Perth in 1981 and continued with Manganese in Soils and Plants in Adelaide in 1988. The symP9sium brings together a series of valuable... more
  • Sixty years ago at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute G. Samuel a plant... Sixty years ago at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute G. Samuel a plant pathologist and C. S. Piper a chemist published their conclusion that the cause of roadside take-all a disease of oats was manganese deficiency. This report together with... more
  • The economic significance of boron (B) in agriculture horticulture and forestr... The economic significance of boron (B) in agriculture horticulture and forestry has been beyond dispute for several decades. Even in the last two decades the areas where B deficiency limits plant production has grown with increased reports from... more
  • Sixty years ago at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute G. Samuel a plant... Sixty years ago at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute G. Samuel a plant pathologist and C. S. Piper a chemist published their conclusion that the cause of roadside take-all a disease of oats was manganese deficiency. This report together with... more
  • The symposium on Zinc in Soils and Plants is the third in a series which began... The symposium on Zinc in Soils and Plants is the third in a series which began with Copper in Soils and Plants in Perth in 1981 and continued with Manganese in Soils and Plants in Adelaide in 1988. The symP9sium brings together a series of valuable... more
  • Forty years ago when PLANT AND SOIL first appeared Europe was still recovering... Forty years ago when PLANT AND SOIL first appeared Europe was still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II. During the war years work in many centres of agricultural research had come to a virtual standstill. Buildings and equipment... more
  • Plant Nutrition - From Genetic Engineering to Field Practice the 12th Internat... Plant Nutrition - From Genetic Engineering to Field Practice the 12th International Colloquium on Plant Nutrition is the latest in a series which began in 1954. Early meetings were mainly concerned with the practical problems of soil fertility with... more
  • The idea of addressing the problem of the genetic specificity of mineral nutri... The idea of addressing the problem of the genetic specificity of mineral nutrition at an international level arose four years ago in a proposal for this topic to be included in the program of the II Congress of the Federation of European Societies... more
  • This volume presents the proceedings of the Second International Sym- posium o... This volume presents the proceedings of the Second International Sym- posium on Genetic Aspects ofPlant Minerai Nutrition held in Madison Wisconsin in 1985. The mechanisms by which plants acquire transport and utilize essential minerai nutrients are... more
  • The steadily increasing cost of nitrogen fertilizer has resulted in more empha... The steadily increasing cost of nitrogen fertilizer has resulted in more emphasis on basic and applied studies to improve nitrogen use efficiency in lowland rice. The efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in farmers fields is shockingly low a luxury... more
  • Nitrogen Economy in Tropical Soils presents an authoritative and comprehensive... Nitrogen Economy in Tropical Soils presents an authoritative and comprehensive state-of-the-art review on soil/plant nitrogen inter-relationships with special reference to tropical soils and crops in aerobic and anaerobic environments. Use of... more
  • The sustainability of both natural and managed ecosystems is strongly influenc... The sustainability of both natural and managed ecosystems is strongly influenced by soil biological processes. A major question in soil biology and ecosystem ecology is the extent to which these processes are affected by the function and structure... more
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