Molybdenum (Mo) deficiencies in field-grown plants were first recorded more than fifty years ago. This book condenses all the information currently available on the subject of molybdenum as it relates to soils, crops and livestock. The book reviews our knowledge of the chemistry and mineralogy of Mo, the extraction of available Mo from various soils, the various analytical methods of determining Mo in soils and plants, the biochemical role of Mo in crop production, the technology and application of Mo fertilizers to crops, the response to Mo of various temperate and tropical crops, Mo deficiency and toxicity in various plant species, the interaction of Mo with other plant nutrients, and the distribution of Mo within the plant. Factors affecting the availability of soil Mo to plants and Mo status in the semi-arid and sub-humid tropics are also discussed.
This book condenses all the information available on the subject of molybdenum as it relates to soils, crops and livestock.
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This book condenses all the information available on the subject of molybdenum as it relates to soils, crops and livestock.
List of contributors; Preface;
1. Introduction Umesh C. Gupta;
2.
Chemistry and mineralogy of molybdenum in soils Katta J. Reddy, Larry C. Munn
and Liyuan Wang;
3. Distribution and mobility of molybdenum in the
terrestrial environment Kathleen S. Smith, Laurie S. Balistrieri, Steven M.
Smith and R. C. Severson;
4. Biochemical significance of molybdenum in crop
plants P. C. Srivastava;
5. Soil and plant factors affecting molybdenum
uptake by plants Umesh C. Gupta;
6. Analytical techniques for molybdenum
determination in plants and soils Frieda Eivazi and John L. Sims;
7. Testing
for molybdenum availability in soils John L. Sims and Frieda Eivazi;
8.
Molybdenum availability in alkaline soils C. P. Sharma and C. Chatterjee;
9.
Deficient, sufficient and toxic concentrations of molybdenum in crops Umesh
C. Gupta;
10. Symptoms of molybdenum deficiency and toxicity in crops Umesh
C. Gupta;
11. Sources and methods for molybdenum fertilization of crops John
J. Mortvedt;
12. Yield responses to molybdenum by field and horticultural
crops James F. Adams;
13. Responses of forage legumes and grasses to
molybdenum Chris Johansen, Peter C. Kerridge and Adib Sultana;
14. Molybdenum
and sulfur relationships in plants J. A. MacLeod, Umesh C. Gupta and Barrie
Stanfield;
15. Molybdenum in the tropics N. S. Pasricha,V. K. Nayyar, and R.
Singh; Index.
