Salinity impedes soil and crop productivity in over 900 million ha of arable lands worldwide
due to the excessive accumulation of salt (NaCl). To utilize saline soils in agriculture …

Sulphur plays crucial roles in plant growth and development, with its functions ranging from
being a structural constituent of macro-biomolecules to modulating several physiological …

Rice is the leading staple food for more than half of the world's population, and
approximately 160 million hectares of agricultural area worldwide are under rice cultivation …

Sulfur (S) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. S is majorly
absorbed as sulfate from soil, and is then translocated to plastids in leaves, where it is …

Develo** urbanization, water shortage, watercourse pollution, and demands for more food
due to population growth require a more efficient water irrigation and fertilizer application …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

The diets of over two‐thirds of the world's population lack one or more essential mineral
elements. This can be remedied through dietary diversification, mineral supplementation …

Plants require calcium, magnesium, nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and sulfur in
relatively large amounts (> 0.1% of dry mass) and each of these so-called macronutrients is …

Amino acids play several critical roles in plants, from providing the building blocks of
proteins to being essential metabolites interacting with many branches of metabolism. They …

Key message Knowledge of genetic variation, genetics, physiology/molecular basis and
breeding (including biotechnological approaches) for biofortification and bioavailability for …