Respected and known worldwide in the field for his research in plant nutrition, Dr. Horst Marschner authored two editions of Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. His research greatly advanced the understanding of rhizosphere processes and trace element uptake by plants and he published extensively in a variety of plant nutrition areas. While doing agricultural research in West Africa in 1996, Dr. Marschner contracted malaria and passed away, and until now this legacy title went unrevised. Despite the passage of time, it remains the definitive reference on plant mineral nutrition.

Great progress has been made in the understanding of various aspects of plant nutrition and in recent years the view on the mode of action of mineral nutrients in plant metabolism and yield formation has shifted. Nutrients are not only viewed as constituents of plant compounds (constructing material), enzymes and electron transport chains but also as signals regulating plant metabolism via complex signal transduction networks. In these networks, phytohormones also play an important role. Principles of the mode of action of phytohormones and examples of the interaction of hormones and mineral nutrients on source and sink strength and yield formation are discussed in this edition. Phytohormones have a role as chemical messengers (internal signals) to coordinate development and responses to environmental stimuli at the whole plant level. These and many other molecular developments are covered in the long-awaited new edition.

Esteemed plant nutrition expert and Horst Marschner's daughter, Dr. Petra Marschner, together with a team of key co-authors who worked with Horst Marschner on his research, now present a thoroughly updated and revised third edition of Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, maintaining its value for plant nutritionists worldwide.

A long-awaited revision of the standard reference on plant mineral nutrition
Features full coverage and new discussions of the latest molecular advances
Contains additional focus on agro-ecosystems as well as nutrition and quality
An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The Third Edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances.

This volume retains the structure of the first edition, being divided into two parts: Nutritional Physiology and Soil-Plant Relationships. In Part I, more emphasis has been placed on root-shoot interactions, stress physiology, water relations, and functions of micronutrients. In view of the worldwide increasing interest in plant-soil interactions, Part II has been considerably altered and extended, particularly on the effects of external and interal factors on root growth and chapter 15 on the root-soil interface.

The third edition will be invaluable to both advanced students and researchers.

Third Edition of this established text
Structure of the book remains the same
50% of the reference and 50% of the figures and tables have been replaced
Whole of the text has been revised
Coverage of plant (soil interactions has been increased considerably)

Auteur

Horst Marschner works at Universitat of Hohenheim in Germany.

Contenu

Part I Nutritional Physiology 1. Introduction 2. Ion uptake mechanisms 3. Long distance transport 4. Uptake and release by leaves 5. Yield and source-sink Nutrition and yield response 6. Functions macronutrients 7. Functions micronutrients 8. Beneficial elements 9. Nutrition and quality 10. Nutrition and disease 11. Diagnosis of deficiency

Part II Plant-Soil Relationships 12. Nutrient availability 13. Internal and external factors on root growth and development 14. Rhizosphere Chemistry 15. Rhizosphere Biology 16. N2 Fixation 17. Adaptation to adverse cond. 18. Nutrient cycling