Nutrient Uptake, Recycling and Removal by Crops

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This is the 46th practical and reference book published by FDCO on various aspects of plant nutrients, fertilizers and integrated nutrient management. Several of these books went into 2-3 editions or major revisions and were very well received around the world. This book is a continuation of our efforts in providing technically sound and easily understandable synthesis of scientific information for practical use by various stake holders.

This book is one of the very few if not the first one devoted exclusively to nutrient uptake, removal and recycling by crops. Since all crops absorb and remove all plant nutrients during their lifespan, information on the amounts of nutrients absorbed is of great practical interest in assessing the nutrient requirements of crops, demands on soil fertility, soil nutrient depletion and also for working out nutrient balance sheets.

The book analyses the information on nutrient uptake and removal by a wide range of crops. Both major and micronutrients have been covered. The crops covered range from food grains, commercial crops, horticultural crops to forest trees as reflected in the table of contents. In all, information on 185 crops has been compiled, analysed and discussed.

Hope that this book will be of direct interest and use to all those who are interested in nutrient requirement by various crops, nutrients absorbed to produce a certain yield level, the ratio in which major nutrients are absorbed and the portioning of absorbed nutrients in the main product and the remaining biomass. All these factors are related to balanced crop nutrition and nutrient balances in the soil-crop system.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Y Muralidharudu

Dr. Y. Muralidarudu, obtained his M. Sc. and Ph.D degrees during 1973 and 1982 from The G.B. Pant University of Agricultural & Technology, Pantnagar. After a short stint with the NBBS & LUP (ICAR), he worked in the Directorate of Oilseeds Research (ICAR) at Hyderabad for more than 23 years including over 7 years as a Principal Scientist where he identified salt tolerant varieties of sunflower, safflower and castor. He also established critical limits of P and S both for red soils and black soils for funflower. Since 2005, he is the Project Coordinator of the ICAR’s AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response Correlation Research, headquartered at the Indian Institute of Soil Science Bhopal. Dr. Muralidharudu is a fellow of Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, He has organized a number of national and regional workshops on soil testing and group meetings of the project. He is involved in preparation of soil fertility maps of 10 states. Dr. Muralidharudu has authored more than 100 publications.