Advances in Citrus Nutrition

ISBN-13: 9789400741706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 478 str.

Anoop Kumar Srivastava

Opis

This is a solitary attempt to streamline all the possible information related to citrus nutrition, with emphasis on diagnosis and management of nutrient constraints, employing a variety of state-of-art techniques evolved globally over the years . While doing so care has been taken to include peripheral disciplines so that the discussion becomes more lively and authoritative. An entire array of exclusive subjects has been nicely portrayed with the help of latest data and photographs.

Spis treści

1.Plant Nutrition and Defense Mechanism: Frontier Knowledge; Jose M Garcia-Mina
2. Antioxidant System in Citrus under Nutrient Stress Conditions: Latest Developments; Vicent Arbona and Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas
3. Phytophenolic Nutrients in Citrus : Biochemical and Molecular Evidence; Theeshan Bahorun, Deena Ramful-Baboolall, Vidushi Neergheen-Bhujun, Okezie I. Aruoma, Ashok Kumar, Shalini Verma, Evelyne Tarnus, Christine Robert Da Silva, Philippe Rondeau and Emmanuel Bourdon
4. Foliar Nutrition: Current State of Knowledge and Opportunities; Sylwester Smoleń
5. Leaf Analysis in Citrus : Interpretation Tools; Regina Menino
6. Leaf Analysis in Citrus : Developments in Analytical Techniques; E. A. Hanlon, K. T. Morgan, T.A. Obreza and R. Mylavarapu
7. Juice Analysis in Citrus: Latest Developments; Giuseppe Gattuso and Davide Barreca
8. Trunk Nutrition; Mahmoud M. Shaaban
9. Non-destructive Proximal Sensing for Early Detection of Citrus Nutrient and Water Stress; Paolo Menesatti, Federico Pallottino, Francesca Antonucci, Giancarlo Roccuzzo, Francesco Intrigliolo, Corrado Costa
10. Spectral Response of Citrus and their Application to Nutrient and Water Constraints Diagnosis; Lola Suarez and José A. J. Berni
11. Soil Enzyme Activities and Soil Fertility Dynamics; Lijuan Yang and Yolong Yulong Zhang
12. Surfactant and Nutrient Uptake in Citrus; Zora Singh and Ahmad Sattar Khan
13. Rhizosphere Microbial Communities: Isolation, Characterization and Value Addition for Substrate Development; Qiang-Sheng Wu and A.K. Srivastava
14. Biodynamic Soil Fertility Management; Matjaž Turinek, Martina Bavec and Franc Bavec
15. Nutrient Use Efficiency in Citrus; Johannes Scholberg and K. T. Morgan
16. Nitrogen  Citrus : Signal, Nutrient and Use Efficiency; Agostino Sorgonà and Maria Rosa Abenavoli
17. Nitrogen Metabolism in Citrus Based on Expressed Tag Analysis; Jackson Marcondes and Eliana G. M. Lemos
18. Variable Rate Application of Fertilizer in Citrus; C W Chan
19. Open Field Hydroponics: Concept and Application; K. T. Morgan and Davie Kadyampakemi
20. Fertigation: Concept and Application in Citrus; Ana Quiñones, Belén Martínez-Alcántara, Eduardo Primo-Millo and Francisco Legaz
21. Nutrient-Hormone Interactions in Citrus: Physiological Implications; Alfredo Gravina, Giuliana Gambetta  and Fernando Rivas
22. Lime-Induced Chlorosis in Citrus: Diagnoses Through Physiological and Metabolic Evidences; A. Jiménez, A. Torrecillas, F. Sevilla, MF. Ortuño, W. Conejero, F. Ferreres, Medina S, Galindo A, A. Gil-Izquierdo
23. Mycorrhiza in Citrus: Growth and Nutrition; Ibrahim Ortas
24. Organic Citrus: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Management; Stefano Canali, Giancarlo Roccuzzo, Fabio Tittarelli, Corrado Ciaccia, Fiorella Stagno, Francesco Intrigliolo
25. Integrated Nutrient Management  in Citrus; A.K. Srivastava
26. Citrus Best Management Practices; Brian Boman
27. Economic Analysis of Conventional and Alternative Nutrient Management Approaches; Stephen E. Gareau
28. Assessing Salinity Tolerance in Citrus: Latest Developments; Eran Raveh
29. Physiological Responses and Tolerance of Citrus to Aluminum-Toxicity; Li-Song Chen
30. Fruit yield Estimation Through Multi-Spectral Imaging; Xujun Ye and Kenshi Sakai

Blurb

Citrus nutrition has been the subject of worldwide research to not only soil scientists, but to researchers covering various other disciplines as well. Despite many breakthroughs in diagnosis and management of nutrient constraints, citrus nutritionists are still baffled by the complex processes associated with precise field diagnosis of different nutrient constraints. Hence, currently available diagnostic tools are more applicable to next season’s crop, instead of addressing the constraints in the current standing crop. In this regard, there has been some distinctive developments. For example, the application of geospatial tools including non-destructive proximal sensing, metalloenzymes through increasing involvement of genomics and metabolomics (e.g., expressed tag analysis), exploiting the dynamic relationship between soil enzymes and fertility variations, etc. Studying the partitioning of nutrients across critical growth stages has, not only improved our understanding on nutritional physiology, but enabled researchers to modulate nutrient requirement according to nutrient demand of growing leaves and fruits according to source-sink relationship. This is where nutrient use efficiency intervenes best to unravel many of the mysteries associated with nutrient requirement at various phenophases of crops. The major abiotic constraints in the form of calcium carbonate (induced iron chlorosis on alkaline soils and Al-toxicity; induced nutrient transformations on acid soils) have taken the understanding of citrus nutrition to another level of excellence, highlighting their significance in cutting down the efficiency of  nutrient use. These developments have undoubtedly added a new dimension to diagnosis of nutrient constraints. As many as 30 chapters from 72 eminent researchers spread over 19 countries have made this maiden book on Citrus Nutrition more special both in terms of quality as well as attracting a global readership.