Essential Plant Nutrients

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Concepts of Plant Nutrients Uptake

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Essential Plant Nutrients and Recent Concepts about their Uptake

      • Gyanendranath Mitra

      Pages 3-36

   3. Nutrient Uptake, Removal, and Cycling in Eucalyptus Species

      • Akbar Ali, M. Naeem, Tariq Ahmad Dar, Mohd. Idrees, M. Masroor A. Khan, Moin Uddin et al.

      Pages 37-45

   4. Biochar’s Influence as a Soil Amendment for Essential Plant Nutrient Uptake

      • Viraj Gunarathne, Sonia Mayakaduwa, Meththika Vithanage

      Pages 47-67

3. Plant Nutrients Use Efficiency

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Nutrients Requirement of Medicinal Plants of Dhofar Region of Oman

      • Mohd. Idrees, Israr Ul Hassan, M. Naeem, Tariq Aftab, M. Masroor A. Khan

      Pages 71-80

   3. Quantitative Attributes of Nutrient Uptake and Use Efficiency

      • Manish Mathur, Arti Goel

      Pages 81-117

   4. Nutrient Use Efficiency

      • Dibyendu Sarkar, Lohit K. Baishya

      Pages 119-146

   5. Understanding the Dynamics of Phosphorus Starvation and Plant Growth

      • Tariq Ahmad Dar, Moin Uddin, Akbar Ali, M. Masroor A. Khan, Tanvir ul Hassan Dar

      Pages 147-154

   6. Response Pattern of Selected Tropical Perennials to Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers Based on Empirical Data

      • K. P. Baiyeri, F. D. Ugese

      Pages 155-182

   7. Unravelling the Impact of Essential Mineral Nutrients on Active Constituents of Selected Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

      • Minu Singh, Arlene Asthana Ali, M. Irfan Qureshi

      Pages 183-209

4. Plant Nutrition and Abiotic Stress

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. Actions of Biological Trace Elements in Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

      • Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Anisur Rahman, Jubayer Al Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Khairul Alam et al.

      Pages 213-274

   3. The Rhizosphere and Plant Nutrition Under Climate Change

      • Tarek Alshaal, Hassan El-Ramady, Abdullah H. Al-Saeedi, Tarek Shalaby, Tamer Elsakhawy, Alaa E.-D. Omara et al.

      Pages 275-308

   4. Regulatory Role of Mineral Nutrients in Nurturing of Medicinal Legumes Under Salt Stress

      • M. Naeem, Abid A. Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Tariq Aftab, Mohd. Idrees, Akbar Ali et al.

      Pages 309-334

   5. Role of Iron in Alleviating Heavy Metal Stress

      • Zaid ul Hassan, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Qasim Ali, Muhammad Zulqarnain Haider, Muhammad Adrees et al.

      Pages 335-350

   6. Role of Zinc in Alleviating Heavy Metal Stress

      • Zaid ul Hassan, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Afzal Hussain, Zaheer Akbar, Nasir Rasool et al.

      Pages 351-366

   7. Calcium Application Enhances Plant Salt Tolerance: A Review

      • Bouzid Nedjimi

      Pages 367-377

   8. Short-Term Transformation and Dynamics of Main Nutrients in Soil

      • Katalin Sárdi

      Pages 379-401

This book explores the agricultural, commercial, and ecological future of plants in relation to mineral nutrition. It covers various topics regarding the role and importance of mineral nutrition in plants including essentiality, availability, applications, as well as their management and control strategies. Plants and plant products are increasingly important sources for the production of energy, biofuels, and biopolymers in order to replace the use of fossil fuels. The maximum genetic potential of plants can be realized successfully with a balanced mineral nutrients supply. This book explores efficient nutrient management strategies that tackle the over and under use of nutrients, check different kinds of losses from the system, and improve use efficiency of the plants. Applied and basic aspects of ecophysiology, biochemistry, and biotechnology have been adequately incorporated including pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, agronomical, breeding and plant protectionparameters, propagation and nutrients managements. This book will serve not only as an excellent reference material but also as a practical guide for readers, cultivators, students, botanists, entrepreneurs, and farmers. 

• Mineral nutrition
• Fertilizers
• Nutrient management strategies
• Plant biochemistry
• Soil conservation
• Abiotic stress
• Ecophysiology
• Crop yield

• Department of Botany Plant Physiology Section, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

  M. Naeem

• Department of Biology Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

  Abid A. Ansari

• Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

  Sarvajeet Singh Gill

Dr. M. Naeem

Dr. M. Naeem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India. For more than a decade, he has devoted his research to improving the yield and quality of commercially important medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs). His research focuses on escalating the production of MAPs and their active principles using a novel and safe technique involving radiation-processed polysaccharides as well as the application of potent PGRs. To date, he has successfully run three major research projects as the Principal Investigator, two of which were sanctioned by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi. He also completed another fascinating research project on Catharanthus roseus awarded by CSTUP, Lucknow. Dr. Naeem has published more than 80 research papers in reputable national and international journals as well as six books. He has also participated in various national and international conferences and acquired life membership

s to various scientific bodies in India and abroad. Based on his research contributions, Dr. Naeem has been awarded a Research Associateship from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi; a Young Scientist Award (2011) from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh; a Fast Track Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science & Technology, India; a Young Scientist of the Year Award (2015) from the Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Kolkata; and a Rashtriya Gaurav Award (2016) from the International Friendship Society, New Delhi.

Dr. Abid A. Ansari

Dr. Abid A. Ansari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ansari’s research work is concerned with phytoremediation and eutrophication. Dr. Ansari has to his credit a number of research articles of national and international repute, 10 edited books and a number of book chapters on varied aspects of his resea

rch. He has been awarded Scientist of the Year 2014 & Environmentalist of the Year 2011 by National Environmental Science Academy, India and Research Excellence 2016 by University of Tabuk. He has also participated in various national and international conferences and acquired memberships to various scientific bodies (Saudi Biological Society, International Phytotechnology Society, Society for Ecological Restoration).

Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill

Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Assistant Professor at Centre for Biotechnology, MD University, Rohtak, India, has made significant contributions towards abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. His research includes abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, reactive oxygen species signaling and antioxidant machinery, gene expression, helicases, crop improvement, transgenics, nitrogen & sulfur metabolism and plant fungal symbiotic interactions. Together with Dr. Narendra Tuteja at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and B

iotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, he worked on plant helicases and discovered a novel function of plant MCM6, PDH45 and p68 in salinity stress tolerance that will help improve crop production at sub-optimal conditions. A recipient of the Junior Scientist of the Year Award 2008 from the National Environmental Science Academy, Dr. Gill has edited several books and has a number of research papers, review articles, and book chapters to his name.​

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