Plant Nutrients in Desert Environments - edizione con copertina flessibile

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783642776540
ISBN (ISBN-10): 364277654X
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Anno di pubblicazione: 2011
Editore: Springer Berlin

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Autore del libro : day, kenneth ludeke, arden, lüdeke
Titolo del libro: nutrients within, out the desert, environments, plant

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Autore: Arden D. Day; Kenneth L. Ludeke
Titolo: Adaptations of Desert Organisms; Plant Nutrients in Desert Environments
Editore: Springer; Springer Berlin
117 Pagine
Anno di pubblicazione: 2011-12-06
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Stampato / Fatto in
Lingua: Inglese
106,99 € (DE)
109,99 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
POD
X, 117 p. 21 illus.

BC; Hardcover, Softcover / Biologie/Botanik; Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften; Verstehen; Nährstoffe; Vegetation; agriculture; desert; environment; fertilization; forest; growth; nitrogen; nutrition; plant; plant growth; plants; soil; wheat; Plant Science; Ecology; Ökologie, Biosphäre; BB

1 Introduction.- 2 Plant Nutrients.- 2.1 Essential Plant Nutrient Elements.- 2.2 Effects of Plant Nutrient Elements on Plants.- 3 Soil Materials.- 4 Organic Soil Materials.- 4.1 Functions.- 4.2 Composition.- 4.3 Sources.- 4.4 Management.- 4.5 Maintenance.- 5 Soil Moisture.- 5.1 Field Capacity.- 5.2 Permanent-Wilting Percentage.- 5.3 Movement of Water.- 6 Soil Aeration.- 6.1 Composition of Soil Air.- 6.2 Soil Aeration and Plant Growth.- 7 Exchangeable Bases.- 7.1 Exchangeable Bases and Plant Nutrition.- 8 Soil Acidity.- 9 Soil Alkalinity.- 10 Nitrogen as a Plant Nutrient.- 10.1 Nitrogen in Soils.- 10.2 Nitrogen in Plants.- 10.3 Forms of Nitrogen Utilized by Plants.- 11 Phosphorus as a Plant Nutrient.- 11.1 Phosphorus in Soils.- 11.2 Phosphorus in Plants.- 11.3 Forms of Phosphorus Utilized by Plants.- 12 Potassium as a Plant Nutrient.- 12.1 Potassium in Soils.- 12.2 Potassium in Plants.- 13 Plant Nutrients in Desert Soils.- 13.1 Soils in the Yuma Subdesert.- 13.2 Man’s Invasion.- 13.3 How Desert Soils Differ.- 13.4 Minerals in Soils.- 14 Soil Moisture in Desert Environments.- 14.1 Soil Moisture Quantity.- 14.2 Soil Moisture Quality.- 15 Plant Nutrients Required for Growth.- 15.1 Plant Nutrients.- 15.2 Essential Elements in Plant Nutrition.- 16 Plant Nutrients in Municipal Wastewater.- 16.1 Municipal Wastewater Treatment.- 16.2 Irrigation with Municipal Wastewater.- 16.3 Future Prospects.- 17 Plant Nutrients in Sewage Sludge.- 17.1 Sewage Sludge Treatment.- 17.2 Plant Growth Factors in Sewage Sludge.- 17.3 Fertilization with Dry Sewage Sludge.- 17.4 Fertilization with Liquid Sewage Sludge.- 17.5 Future Prospects.- 18 Plant Growth in Desert Environments.- 18.1 The Dry Regions of the World.- 18.2 Climatic Factors Affect Plant Growth.- 18.3 Soil Fertility and ItsMaintenance.- 18.4 Fertilizer Use in Dry Regions.- 18.5 Crop Introduction and Improvement.- 19 Urban Utilization of Plant Nutrients.- 19.1 Plants in the Living Environment to Lift the Spirits of Man.- 19.2 Home Gardens Reduce Food Costs, Landscape Homesteads, and Improve Neighborliness.- 19.3 City Parks, Golf Courses, and Recreation Areas.- 20 Plant Nutrients for Disturbed Land Reclamation.- 20.1 Classification of Disturbed Lands.- 20.2 Reclamation Purposes and Alternatives.- 20.3 Spoil Replacement and Revegetation Techniques.- 20.4 Coal Mine Reclamation in Desert Areas.- 20.5 Vegetation Adaptability.- 21 Desert Environments Offer an Outstanding Future Potential.- 21.1 Technology Unlocks Cropland Productivity.- 21.2 Future Agricultural Research.- 21.3 Gardening for Food and Fun.- 21.4 Living on a Few Acres.- 21.5 Desert Environments Attract People.- Glossary of Agronomic Terms.- References.- Figure Index.- Fig. 1. Commercial agriculture in the desert area in Colorado, USA.- Fig. 2. Mixed vegetables grown in a small farm garden.- Fig. 3. A sand dune complex at the foot of mountains in Sangre de Christo, Colorado, USA.- Fig. 4. Plowing under sorghum stubble with a seven- bottom moldboard plow.- Fig. 5. Furrow irrigation in Texas, USA.- Fig. 6. An earthworm and earthworm castings in a fertile organic soil.- Fig. 7. Orange trees in Florida, USA growing in a fertile sandy loam soil.- Fig. 8. Planting corn and applying commercial fertilizers and soil amendments in the USA.- Fig. 9. Alkaline soil deposits in a desert area in California, USA.- Fig. 10. A stunted ear of corn caused by an extreme soil nitrogen deficiency.- Fig. 11. Surface application of inorganic fertilizer in Arizona, USA.- Fig. 12. Potassium-deficient corn in the USA.- Fig. 13. Native vegetation in a desert area in Arizona, USA.- Fig. 14. The Rio Grande River in Texas, USA.- Fig. 15. Side-dressing corn with anhydrous ammonia nitrogen fertilizer in the USA.- Fig. 16. Beef cattle grazing on an irrigated pasture in a desert area in Colorado, USA.- Fig. 17. Injection of liquid municipal sewage sludge into agricultural soil in the USA.- Fig. 18. Young citrus trees growing in a desert area in Arizona, USA.- Fig. 19. An outstanding home in a desert area in California, USA.- Fig. 20. Copper mine tailings that have been contoured to prevent wind erosion in Arizona, USA.- Fig. 21. A irrigated family farm in a desert area in the southwestern USA.- Fig. 22. A modern city established in a desert environment in the southwestern USA.