Plant and Crop Physiology

This is a unique text that combines the talents of many different authors and in the process generates a new and remarkable synthesis. Starting with the elements of population, plant physiology and nutrition it expands into crop growth, agriculture and biotechnology. It is in the treatment of different agricultural systems and developing green agriculture that this book really scores and makes enormous impacts upon the reader. The author’s treatment of these difficult and often controversial questions is masterly and frankly unparalleled. Using this text as guide, the future for agriculture to all those concerned about sustaining the planet while accommodating an increasing population without vast destruction of present ecosystems looks suddenly brighter.