Optimization of Plant Nutrition Refereed papers from the Eighth Inte

The world-wide shortage of plant production menacing the survival of many people demands for more and better research, particularly on how to increase food and where it is most needed. Major problems of international concern for the scientific community a

  • PDF / 69,750,760 Bytes
  • 638 Pages / 595.272 x 790.851 pts Page_size
  • 30 Downloads / 183 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT


Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences VOLUME 53

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Optimization of Plant Nutrition Refereed papers from the Eighth International Colloquium for the Optimization of Plant Nutrition, 31 August - 8 September 1992, Lisbon, Portugal Edited by

M.A.C. FRAGOSO

National Agronomy Research Station National Institute for Agrarian Research (IN/A) Oeiras, Portugal

and M.L. VAN BEUSICHEM Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Wageningen Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands Managing editor

A.HOUWERS

Department of Microbiology Wageningen Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands

Partly reprinted from Plant and Soil, Volume 154, No. 1 (1993)

SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data International Colloquium for the Optimization of Plant Nutrition (8th , 1992 , Lisbon, Portugal> refereed papers from the Eighth Optimization of plant nutrition International Colloquium for the Optimization of Plant Nutrition, 31 August-S September 1992. Lisbon, Portugal I edited by M.A.C. Fragoso and M.L. van Beusichem ; managing editor. A. Houwers. co. -- Weve 1opments in p 1ant and so II sciences ; v. 53> p. Includes Indexes. ISBN 978-94-017-2496-8 (eBook) ISBN 978-90-481-4331-3 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2496-8

1. Crops--Nutrition--Congresses. 2. Plants--Nutrition-Congresses. 3. Crops--Effect of minerals on--Congreses. 4. Fertilizers--Congresses. 5. Crops--Effect of stress onI. Fragoso, M. A. C. II. Beus1chem, M. L. van -Congresses. III. Houwers, A. IV. Title. (Marinus Leonard>, 1949V. Series. SB112.2.I57 1992 93-33132 631.8'11--dc20 ISBN 978-90-481-4331-3

Printed on acid-free paper

All Rights Reserved

© 1993 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1993 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1993 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.

Contents*

Preface by the Editors

XIII

Eighth International Colloquium for the Optimization of Plant Nutrition Committee of Honour Organizing Committee I Scientific Committee

XIV XV

International Association for the Optimization of Plant Nutrition Board I Standing Committee

XVI

PART A: PLANT ANALYSIS METHODS AND REFERENCE VALUES FOR PLANT MATERIAL 1. A rapid wet digestion method for plant analysis, by A. Pequerul, C. Perez, P. Madero, J. Val and E. Monge 2. Comparison of techniques for nitrogen analysis in potato crops, by M.W. Young, H.V. Davies and D.K.L. MacKerron 3. Evaluation of inorganic elements in agricultural products from Italian farms by instrumental neutron activation analysis, by A. Moauro, L. Triolo, P. Avino and L. Ferrandi *4. Determination of lead in white lupin by anodic stripping voltammetry, by M.M.P.M. Neto and A. De Var