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Author Whitehead, D. C. (David Charles)

Title Nutrient elements in grassland : soil-plant-animal relationships / David C. Whitehead
Published Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 369 pages) : illustrations
Series Cabi Ser
Cabi Ser
Contents Preface; Notes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Nutrient Elements in Soils; Chapter 3 Uptake and Concentrations of Nutrient Elements in Grassland Herbage; Chapter 4 Nutrient Elements in Ruminant Animals; Chapter 5 Nitrogen; Chapter 6 Phosphorus; Chapter 7 Sulphur; Chapter 8 Macronutrient Cations: Potassium, Sodium, Calcium and Magnesium; Chapter 9 Micronutrient Cations: Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper and Cobalt; Chapter 10 The Nutrient Halogens: Chlorine and Iodine; Chapter 11 Boron, Molybdenum and Selenium; Glossary; References; Appendix; Index
Summary This book deals with the concentrations and transformations of nutrient elements in soils, grassland plants and ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle. Data are restricted to those relevant to temperate grasslands. After an introductory chapter, the next 3 chapters deal with nutrient elements in soils, the uptake and concentration of nutrients in herbage, and nutrient elements in ruminant animals. The rest of the book deals with individual nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, major cations (K, Na, Ca and Mg), trace element cations (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Co), halogens (Cl and I), and other trace elements (B, Mo and Se). For each element, attention is given to its forms and availability in soils, uptake and distribution in grassland plants, role in animal nutrition, and amounts and forms excreted by grazing animals. Influence of management and environmental factors on nutrient concentrations in herbage, and concentrations needed by ruminants, are considered, and nutrient budgets for each element are estimated for intensively and extensively managed grassland
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-360) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Trace elements in animal nutrition.
Ruminants -- Nutrition
Trace elements in plant nutrition.
Forage plants -- Composition
Soils -- Trace element content.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Cattle.
Ruminants.
Sheep.
Cations.
Chemical composition.
Chlorine.
Cycling.
Elements.
Grassland soils.
Grasslands.
Iodine.
Minerals.
Nutrient availability.
Nutrient balance.
Nutrients.
Plant composition.
Temperate grasslands.
Trace elements.
Uptake.
Forage plants -- Composition.
Ruminants -- Nutrition.
Soils -- Trace element content.
Trace elements in animal nutrition.
Trace elements in plant nutrition.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0851999387
9780851999388
1280811862
9781280811869