Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants Concepts and Approaches

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Synopsis

Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants: Concepts and Approaches is the ninth volume in the Plant Ecophysiology series. It presents a broad overview of topics related to improvement of nutrient use efficiency of crops. Nutrient use efficiency (NUE) is a measure of how well plants use the available mineral nutrients. It can be defined as yield (biomass) per unit input (fertilizer, nutrient content). NUE is a complex trait: it depends on the ability to take up the nutrients from the soil, but also on transport, storage, mobilization, usage within the plant, and even on the environment. NUE is of particular interest as a major target for crop improvement. Improvement of NUE is an essential pre-requisite for expansion of crop production into marginal lands with low nutrient availability but also a way to reduce use of inorganic fertilizer.

Book details

Edition:
2014
Series:
Plant Ecophysiology (Book 10)
Author:
Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Stanislav Kopriva, Luit J. De Kok
ISBN:
9783319106359
Related ISBNs:
9783319106342
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-09-02
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Springer International Publishing, Cham 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science