Beneficial Chemical Elements of Plants: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

Understand beneficial elements and their role in the future of botany and agriculture

Beneficial  elements are those which, while not essential to plant life, can  provide stimulation and enhance plant growth. Properly harnessed, these  elements can bolster plant growth in the face of environmental  conditions―including drought, nutrient deficiency, and excessive soil  salinity―and biotic stresses like pathogens and animal activity. As  climate change and population growth pose increasingly serious  challenges to agriculture and essential plant production, it has never  been more important to unleash the potential of beneficial elements.

Beneficial  Chemical Elements of Plants is an essential resource for researchers  and industry specialists looking to enhance their understanding of these  elements and the range and variety of their enhancements to plant  growth. Written by leading scholars in the field of plant stress  tolerance and nutrient enrichment, it discusses not only the rich  possibilities of beneficial elements but their mechanisms of action at  both biochemical and molecular levels. It details the precise potential  roles played by each major beneficial element and surveys a range of  elemental responses to specific environmental conditions and plant  stresses.

Beneficial Chemical Elements of Plants readers will also find:
Chapters  covering beneficial elements including aluminum, cobalt, sodium,  selenium, and siliconDiscussion of application methods and typical plant  responsesTreatment of beneficial elements in a wider environmental  contextBeneficial element applications to the field of sustainable  agriculture
Beneficial Chemical Elements of Plants is a fundamental  starting point for researchers and students in the fields of plant  physiology, crop science, agriculture, and botany, as well as for  professionals in the biotechnology and agricultural industries.