Epstein Mineral Nutrition Of ∗plants∗ – Principles Andperspectives - Hardcover

EPSTEIN, E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047124340X ISBN 13: 9780471243403

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1972

Synopsis

Nearly all the chemical elements that make up living things are mineral elements, the ultimate source of which is rock weathered into soil. In the thoroughly revised Second Edition of Mineral Nutrition of Plants: Principles and Perspectives, Epstein and Bloom explain that plant roots "mine" these nutrient elements from their inorganic substrate and introduce them into the realm of living things. The authors trace the subsequent movement of these nutrients into other plant organs, tissues, cells, and organelles, their biochemical assimilation, and their functions in plant physiology and metabolism. Treatment of these processes extends from molecular biology through global biogeochemistry. The text, illustrated in full colour, is accessible both to undergraduate students in plant physiology, agronomy, horticulture and environmental studies and to researchers in these and other plant biological fields.

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Review

"Every now and then an undergraduate textbook appears that is both useful to its target audience and a pleasure for more experienced readers. This current revision of Epstein's 1971 classic with the same title is such a book. This new version maintains the first edition's clear and engaging prose and adds Bloom's expertise in plant physiology and biochemistry, as well as extremely elegant and helpful graphics. When my colleagues tell me they are planning to write a textbook, I lend them Epstein and Bloom's volume to show them how it should be done."--Manuel Lerdau, The Quarterly Review of Biology

About the Author

EMANUEL EPSTEIN is Research Professor in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources - Soils and Biogeochemistry at the University of California at Davis, USA.

ARNOLD J. BLOOM is Professor in the Department of Vegetable Crops at the University of California at Davis, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047124340X
• ISBN 13: 9780471243403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412