Download or read book Mineral Nutrition of Plants written by Emanuel Epstein and published by Sinauer Associates Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction and history; The media of plant nutrition; Inorganic components of plants; Nutrient absorption by plants; Upward movement of water and nutrients; Downward movement of food and nutrients; Nitrogen and sulfur: a tale of two nutrients; Mineral metabolism; Nutrition and growth; Physiological genetics and molecular biology; Ecology and environmental stress; Big picture: past, present, future.