Fertilizers And Crop Production IST Edition

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Table of ContentsPart I: Factors of Soil Fertility. 1. Introduction: Conservation of Plant Food, 2. The Chemical Composition of Plants, 3. Elementary Facts of Chemistry, 4. Plant-Food Elements and Their Compounds, 5. Action of Nutrient Constituents in Plant Nutrition, Part II: Functions and Physical Properties of Soils. 6. Functions and Physical Properties of Soils, 7. The Inorganic Constituents of Soils, 8. The Organic Constituents of Soils, 9. Relations of Water to Soils and Crops, 10. Losses and Gains of Plant-Foods in Soils, 11. How Plants Take and Use Their Food, 12. The Relations of Micro-Organisms to Plant-Food, Part III: Sources and Composition of Materials Used as Fertilizers. 13. Classification and Definition of Plant-Food Materials, 14. Materials That Contain Nitrogen, 15. Materials That Contain Phosphorus, 16. Materials That Contain Potassium, 17. Calcium (Lime) Compounds and Other Indirect Fertilizers, 18. Farm Manure: Composition and Changes, 19. Farm Manure: Care, Value and Use. 20. Green-Crop Manures, Part IV: Factors That Guide The Selection of Fertilizer Materials, 21. Conditions That Influence Effectiveness in the use of Fertilizers, 22. Conditions That Require Fertilizers-Plant-Food Constituents Needed, 23. Factors That Govern Selection of Plant-Food Materials, 24. Facts About Commercial Fertilizers, 25. Home-Mixed Fertilizers, 26. Rotation of Crops, Part V: Practical Use of Fertilizers in Growing Individual Crops. 27. Preliminary Considerations About the Practical Use of Fertilizers, 28. Leguminous Crops, 29. Meadows, Pastures and Lawns, 30. Cereal and Green-Forage Crops, 31. Tuber and Root Crops, 32. Garden Crops, 33. Greenhouse Crops, 34. Nursery Crops and OrnamentalPlants, 35. Fruit Crops, 36. Special Crops: Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar-Cane, Hops, Flax, Pea-Nuts, 37. Appendix, 38. Index.