Soil-derived nutrients by plant roots can be limited under increasing environmental stresses
such as higher incidence and duration of heat and drought, which affect agricultural …

Soil salinity is a major environmental constraint to crop productivity worldwide. The
“biological” approach to this problem focuses on the management, exploitation, or …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

Metal uptake by plants occurs by soil− root transfer but also by direct transfer of
contaminants from the atmosphere to the shoots. This second pathway may be particularly …

There has been an increasing influx of nanopesticides into agriculture in recent years.
Understanding the interaction between nanopesticides and edible plants is crucial in …

Drought, the occurrence of a substantial water deficit in the soil or in the atmosphere, is an
alarming constraint to crop productivity and yield stability worldwide. It is the leading …

An experiment was conducted to assess the effects of foliar sprays of a calcium fertilizer
containing nanoparticles (nano-Ca) and calcium chloride (CaCl 2. 2H 2 O) on the yield and …

This paper reviews the current knowledge on the uptake of mineral nutrients from foliar
fertilization. Despite many studies carried out on mineral nutrient absorption by leaf tissues …

Potassium (K) fertilizer management is beneficial for improving growth, yield and yield
components of field crops under moisture stress condition in semiarid climates. Field …

BACKGROUND The use of nanomaterials for the efficient delivery of active species in
viticulture is still an unexplored opportunity. Nitrogen, an essential nutrient for grapevine …