Sulfur: A Missing Link Between Soils, Crops, and NutritionJoseph Jez, American Society of Agronomy Sulfur forms and cycling processes in soil and their relationship to sulfur fertility / Jeff J. Schoenau and Sukhdev S. Malhi -- Sulfur nutrition of crops in the Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia / M.P.S. Khurana, U.S. Sandana and Bijay-Singh -- Soil sulfur cycling temperate agricultural systems / Jørgen Eriksen -- History of sulfur deficiency in crops / Silvia Haneklaus, Elke Bloem and Ewald Schnug -- Availability of sulfur to crops from soil and other sources / Warren A. Dick, David Kost and Liming Chen -- Sulfur and cysteine metabolism / Rainer Hoefgen and Holger Hesse -- Sulfur response based on crop, source, and landscape position / Dave Franzen and Cynthia A. Grant -- Sulfur management for soybean production / Kiyoko Hitsuda [and others] -- Sulfur in a fertilizer program for corn / George W. Rehm and John G. Clapp -- Sulfur nutrition and wheat quality / Hamid A. Naeem -- Sulfur and marketable yield of potato / Alexander D. Pavlista -- Sulfur, its role in onion production and related alliums / George E. Boyhan -- Sulfur and the production of rice in wetland and dryland ecosystems / Richard W. Bell -- Evaluation of the relative significance of sulfur and other essential mineral elements in oilseed rape, cereals, and sugar beet production / Ewald Schnug and Silvia Haneklaus -- Improving the sulfur-containing amino acids of soybean to enhance its nutritional value in animal feed / Hari B. Krishnan -- Methionine metabolism in plants / Rachel Amir and Yael Hacham -- Plant sulfur compounds and human health / Joseph M. Jez and Naomi K. Fukagawa -- A future crop biotechnology view of sulfur and selenium / Muhammad Sayyar Khan and Rüdiger Hell. |
Contents
Sulfur Nutrition of Crops in the IndoGangetic | 11 |
Soil Sulfur Cycling in Temperate Agricultural Systems | 25 |
4 | 35 |
History of Sulfur Deficiency in Crops | 45 |
Availability of Sulfur to Crops from Soil and Other Sources | 59 |
Sulfur and Cysteine Metabolism | 83 |
Sulfur Response Based on Crop Source | 105 |
Sulfur Management for Soybean Production | 117 |
Sulfur Its Role in Onion Production and Related Alliums | 183 |
13 | 194 |
14 | 200 |
Evaluation of the Relative Significance of Sulfur | 219 |
15 | 225 |
Improving the SulfurContaining Amino Acids of Soybean | 235 |
16 | 246 |
Plant Sulfur Compounds and Human Health | 281 |
Sulfur in a Fertilizer Program for Corn | 143 |
Sulfur Nutrition and Wheat Quality | 153 |
Sulfur and Marketable Yield of Potato | 171 |
18 | 293 |
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Common terms and phrases
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