Micronutrient research has been an important component of soil fertility and plant nutrition program in Pakistan since the identification of zinc deficiency in rice in 1969. Since then, considerable progress has been made on various aspects of micronutrient nutrition problems and their management. However, there is now growing evidence that micronutrient malnutrition in humans could be addressed through enriching staple food grains with micronutrients. This book presents the latest research on micronutrient problems in crop plants/cropping systems, their corrective measures, current status and constraints regarding micronutrient fertilizer use, economic benefits of optimizing micronutrient nutrition of crops, soil resource sustainability as affected by optimizing micronutrient availability, and micronutrient biofortification in staple food grains for addressing "hidden hunger" in human populations. Wide-scale preventable micronutrient deficiencies in population originate from micronutrients-deficient soils over which cereals and other food crops are grown. This book presents the best management practices by which such deficiencies could be corrected.
Features:
- Provides updated value-cost ratios for all major crops using micronutrient fertilizers.
- Includes a chapter focusing on the future micronutrient research and development needs.
- Presents predictive mapping of zinc deficiency in soils at scale, and the related impacts on GDP.
- ISBN10 1032307625
- ISBN13 9781032307626
- Publish Date 13 September 2022
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English