Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments
Subtitle: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities (Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781402006036
Subjects: Crop husbandry; Plant physiology; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - Agronomy; Science / Botany; Agriculture - Soil Science
First sentence: The Alfisols and Vertisols of the semi-arid tropics (SAT) have the potential to support regional food needs, but are limited by low availability of nutrients, especially phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N).