N. K. Fageria

Mineral Nutrition of Rice (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A staple food for more than half of the world's population, rice is the third most important cereal crop after wheat and corn. This book brings together a wealth of information on the role of mineral nutrition in rice production. Written by an internationally recognized expert, it explains how to manage 15 essential or beneficial nutrients to maximize rice yield and quality. Packed with useful tables, figures, and photographs, the book provides extensive coverage on functions, deficiencies, uptake, use efficiency, harvest indexes, and management practices for each mineral.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 586
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466558076
• Artikelnr.: 40067153

Autorenporträt

Dr. Nand Kumar Fageria, doctor of science in agronomy, has been the senior research soil scientist at the National Rice and Bean Research Center, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), since 1975. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the area of mineral nutrition for crop plants and has been a research fellow and ad hoc consultant to the Brazilian Scientific and Technological Research Council (CNPq) since 1989. Dr. Fageria is the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 320 scientific journal articles, book chapters, review articles, and technical bulletins. He has written several review articles for Advances in Agronomy and has been an invited speaker to several national and international congresses, symposiums, and workshops. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Plant Nutrition and the Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology. Since 1990, he has also served as a member of an international steering committee of symposiums on plant-soil interactions at low pH. He is an active member of the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America.