Nutrients are essential for plant growth, development and  completion of their life cycle. Mineral fertilizers are keys to the  world food supplies. However, there is a growing concern about the  safety and quality of food due to over fertilization. Their excessive  use is a cause of serious concern on food quality and human health.  This book covers various aspects on mineral nutrition, fertilizers and  pesticide management to improve agricultural production, yield and to  amelioration of soil fertility. It contains nine chapters on  Environmental and Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Pesticides in  occupationally Exposed Subjects; Crop Quality Under Adverse  Conditions: Importance of determining the Nutritional Status;  Phosphorus Management in French Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.);  Nutrition and Calcium Fertilization of Apple Trees Diagnosis,  Prediction and Control of Boron Deficiency in Olive Trees;  Boron-Calcium Relationship in Biological Nitrogen Fixation Under  Physiological and Salt-Stressing Conditions; Lime-Induced Iron  Chlorosis in Fruit Trees; Si in Horticultural Industry; Biological  Monitoring of Exposure to pesticides in the General Population  (Non-Occupationally Exposed to Pesticides. This book will be  especially useful to researchers, graduate and post-graduate students  majoring in food sciences and researchers.

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