Front Cover -- Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Preface to First Edition -- Preface to Second Edition -- Contributing Authors -- Contents -- I. Nutritional Physiology -- 1. Introduction, Definition and Classification of Nutrients -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Essential Elements for Plant Growth -- 1.3 Biochemical Behaviour and Physiological Functions of Elements in Plants -- 2. Ion Uptake Mechanisms of Individual Cells and Roots: Short-distance Transport -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 Pathway of Solutes from the External Solution into Root Cells -- 2.3 Composition of Biological Membranes -- 2.4 Solute Transport Across Membranes -- 2.5 Factors Affecting Ion Uptake by Roots -- 2.6 Uptake of Ions and Water along the Root Axis -- 2.7 Radial Transport of Ions and Water Across the Root -- 2.8 Release of Ions into the Xylem -- 2.9 Factors Affecting Ion Release into the Xylem and Exudation Rate -- 3. Long-distance Transport in the Xylem and Phloem -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Xylem Transport -- 3.3 Phloem Transport -- 3.4 Relative Importance of Phloem and Xylem for Long-distance Transport of Nutrients -- 3.5 Remobilization of Nutrients -- 4. Uptake and Release of Elements by Leaves and Other Aerial Plant Parts -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Uptake and Release of Gases and Other Volatile Compounds Through Stomata -- 4.3 Uptake of Solutes -- 4.4 Foliar Application of Nutrients -- 4.5 Leaching of Elements from Leaves -- 4.6 Ecological Importance of Uptake and Leaching of Solutes From Leaves -- 5. Mineral Nutrition, Yield and Source-Sink Relationships -- 5.1 General -- 5.2 Relationships Between Nutrient Supply and Yield -- 5.3 Photosynthetic Activity and Related Processes -- 5.4 Photosynthetic Area -- 5.5 Respiration and Oxidative Phosphorylation -- 5.6 Phloem Transport of Assimilates and its Regulation -- 5.7 Sink Formation.

5.8 Sink Activity -- 5.9 Role of Phytohormones in the Regulation of the Sink-Source Relationships -- 5.10 Source and Sink Limitations on Yield -- 6. Functions of Macronutrients -- 6.1 Nitrogen -- 6.2 Sulphur -- 6.3 Phosphorus -- 6.4 Magnesium -- 6.5 Calcium -- 6.6 Potassium -- 7. Function of Nutrients: Micronutrients -- 7.1 Iron -- 7.2 Manganese -- 7.3 Copper -- 7.4 Zinc -- 7.5 Nickel -- 7.6 Molybdenum -- 7.7 Boron -- 7.8 Chlorine -- 8. Beneficial Elements -- 8.1 Definition -- 8.2 Sodium -- 8.3 Silicon -- 8.4 Cobalt -- 8.5 Selenium -- 8.6 Aluminium -- 8.7 Other Elements -- 9. Nutrition and Quality -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Nutrition and Appearance -- 9.3 Nutrition and Chemical Composition -- 10. Relationship between Nutrition, Plant Diseases and Pests -- 10.1 General -- 10.2 Relationship between Susceptibility and Nutritional Status of Plants -- 10.3 Fungal Diseases -- 10.4 Bacterial and Viral Diseases -- 10.5 Soil-borne Fungal and Bacterial Diseases -- 10.6 Pests -- 10.7 Direct and Indirect Effects of Fertilizer Application on the Performance of Plants and their Parasites -- 11. Diagnosis of Deficiency and Toxicity of Nutrients -- 11.1 General -- 11.2 Nutrient Supply and Growth Response -- 11.3 Diagnosis of Nutritional Disorders by Visible Symptoms -- 11.4 Plant Analysis -- 11.5 Histochemical and Biochemical Methods -- 11.6 Plant Analysis versus Soil Analysis -- II. Plant-Soil Relationships -- 12. Nutrient Availability in Soils -- 12.1 General -- 12.2 Chemical Soil Analysis -- 12.3 Movement of Nutrients to the Root Surface -- 12.4 Role of Root Density -- 12.5 Nutrient Availability and Distribution of Water in Soils -- 12.6 Role of Soil Structure -- 12.7 Intensity/Quantity Ratio, Plant Factors and Consequences for Soil Testing -- 13. Effect of Internal and External Factors on Root Growth and Development -- 13.1 General -- 13.2 Carbohydrate Supply.

13.3 Root Development -- 13.4 Soil Chemical Factors -- 13.5 Soil Organisms -- 13.6 Soil Physical Factors -- 13.7 Shoot/Root Ratio -- 14. Rhizosphere Chemistry in Relation to Plant Nutrition -- 14.1 General -- 14.2 Spatial Extent of the Rhizosphere -- 14.4 Rhizosphere pH -- 14.5 Redox potential and reducing processes -- 14.6 Rhizodeposition and root exudates -- 15. Rhizosphere Biology -- 15.1 General -- 15.2 Rhizosphere Microorganisms -- 15.3 Mycorrhiza -- 16. Nitrogen Fixation -- 16.1 General -- 16.2 Biological Nitrogen-fixing Systems -- 16.3 Biochemistry of Nitrogen Fixation -- 16.4 Symbiotic Systems -- 16.5 Amounts of N Fixed by Legumes, and its Transfer to Other Plants in Mixed Stands -- 16.6 Significance of Free-living and Associative Nitrogen Fixation -- 16.7 Outlook -- 17. Adaptation of Plants to Adverse Chemical Soil Conditions -- 17.1 Natural Vegetation -- 17.2 High-input versus Low-input Approach -- 17.3 Acid Mineral Soils -- 17.4 Waterlogged and Flooded Soils -- 17.5 Calcareous and Alkaline Soils -- 17.6 Saline Soils -- 18. Nutrient and Carbon Fluxes in Terrestrial Agro-Ecosystems -- 18.1 Microbiological Factors Determining Carbon and Nitrogen Emissions -- 18.2 Effects of Organic Soil Amendments on Emissions -- 18.3 Effects of pH, Soil Water Content and Temperature on Matter Turnover -- 18.4 Global Warming Effects -- 18.5 Plant-animal Interactions Affecting Nutrient Fluxes at Different Scales -- 18.6 Modelling Approaches in Matter Fluxes -- References -- Index.