Molybdenum in Agriculture

Herausgeber: Gupta, Umesh C.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Molybdenum (Mo) deficiencies in field-grown plants were first recorded in Australia more than 55 years ago, and this book condenses all the information currently available on the subject of Mo as it relates to soils, crops, and livestock. The book reviews our knowledge of the chemistry and mineralogy of Mo, the extraction of available Mo from various soils, the various analytical methods of determining Mo content in soils and plants, the biochemical role of Mo in crop production, the technology and application of Mo fertilizers to crops, the responses to Mo of various temperate and tropical crops, Mo deficiency and toxicity in various plant species, the interaction of Mo with other plant nutrients, and the distribution of Mo within the plant. Factors affecting the availability of soil Mo to plants and Mo status in the semiarid and subhumid tropics are also discussed. The book will be a valuable reference tool to assist agricultural researchers, professors, and extension personnel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 627g
• ISBN-13: 9780521571210
• ISBN-10: 0521571219
• Artikelnr.: 21904538

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction Umesh C. Gupta; 2. Chemistry
and mineralogy of molybdenum in soils Katta J. Reddy, Larry C. Munn and
Liyuan Wang; 3. Distribution and mobility of molybdenum in the terrestrial
environment Kathleen S. Smith, Laurie S. Balistrieri, Steven M. Smith and
R. C. Severson; 4. Biochemical significance of molybdenum in crop plants P.
C. Srivastava; 5. Soil and plant factors affecting molybdenum uptake by
plants Umesh C. Gupta; 6. Analytical techniques for molybdenum
determination in plants and soils Frieda Eivazi and John L. Sims; 7.
Testing for molybdenum availability in soils John L. Sims and Frieda
Eivazi; 8. Molybdenum availability in alkaline soils C. P. Sharma and C.
Chatterjee; 9. Deficient, sufficient and toxic concentrations of molybdenum
in crops Umesh C. Gupta; 10. Symptoms of molybdenum deficiency and toxicity
in crops Umesh C. Gupta; 11. Sources and methods for molybdenum
fertilization of crops John J. Mortvedt; 12. Yield responses to molybdenum
by field and horticultural crops James F. Adams; 13. Responses of forage
legumes and grasses to molybdenum Chris Johansen, Peter C. Kerridge and
Adib Sultana; 14. Molybdenum and sulfur relationships in plants J. A.
MacLeod, Umesh C. Gupta and Barrie Stanfield; 15. Molybdenum in the tropics
N. S. Pasricha,V. K. Nayyar, and R. Singh; Index.