Ideas in Soil and Plant Nutrition

Joe Traynor

1980.  Kovak Books, Bakersfield, CA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1

PART I:     GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

   1.      It's the water! 

3

   2.      Bicarbonate  

21

   3.      Salinity-alkalinity 

23

   4.      Amendments     

27

PART II:     THE NUTRIENTS

   5.      Nitrogen (N)

34

   6.      Phosphorus (P)   

40

   7.      Potassium (K)  

44

   8.      Sulfur (S)

48

   9.      Calcium (Ca)  

51

10.      Magnesium (Mg)

57

11.      Iron (Fe)

58

12.      Zinc (Zn)

60

13.      Boron (B)

68

14.      The Minor Minors (Mn, Cu, Mo, Cl) 

70

PART III: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

15.      Potentially toxic non-essential elements (AI, Cd, Cr, Fl, Li, Ni, Se, Si) 

73

16.      Soil analysis

75

17.      Plant analysis

79

18.      Foliar fertilization

85

19.      Organic fertilizers

92

20.      The future of soil and plant nutrition  

95

REFERENCE NOTES

100

GENERAL REFERENCES

119

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