Plant Nutrient Dynamics in Stressful Environments

• Main Author: Urs Feller (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Valya Vassileva (Ed.) (auth), Stanislav Kopriva (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Environmental economics; Senescence; Pollution; Abiotic stress; Transport via xylem and phloem; Biotic stress; Nutrient availability in soil; Nutrient assimilation; Nutrient uptake; Nutrient redistribution; Nutrient contents in harvested plant products
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The papers included in this special issue cover a broad range of aspects ranging from genetics and breeding to crop production in the field. Climate change, intensified agriculture, modifications of land use, or pollution are often accompanied by larger fluctuations including extreme events. The growing world's population and nutrient deficiencies in agricultural products for human or animal nutrition, or pollutants in harvested products in some regions (quality of yield), are important points to be integrated in a comprehensive analysis aimed at supporting agriculture on the way into a challenging future. It is therefore necessary to develop suitable models to identify potentials and risks. Instabilities (e.g., caused by climatic factors or pests) should be detected as early as possible to initiate corrections in the nutrient supply or in other growth conditions. Sensitive detection systems for nutrient disorders in the field can facilitate this task, and are therefore, highly desirable