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WISEMAN H (1999) The bioavailability of non-nutrient plant factors dietary flavonoids and phyto-oestrogens. Proc Nutr Soc. 58 (1) 139-46. 

M. van Noordwijk and S. C. van de Geijn, Root, shoot and soil parameters required for proeess-oriented models of crop growth limited by water or nutrients. Plant Soil I8S (1996). 

Fertile topsoil is a mixture of at least four components—mineral particles, water, air, and organic matter. The mineral particles are the particles of sand, silt, and clay. Many of the nutrients plants need are released as these particles are formed from the erosion of rock. The size of the particles greatly affects soil fertility. Large particles result in porous soil that has many pockets of space that collect water and air—up to 25 percent of the volume of fertile topsoil consists... 

The existence of an element in different chemical forms in the gaseous, solid or aqueous solution phase provides the conceptual basis for speciation in soils. More particularly, a chemical species in soil refers either to a specific molecular arrangement of the atoms of an element or, quite often, to the result of an operational process of detection and quantitation aimed at elucidating chemical forms (Bernhard et at., 1986, pp. 7-14). In principle, the former definition should be the outcome of the latter, methodological definition. In practice, this connection is difficult to achieve in natural systems (Bernhard et al., 1986) (see Chapter 1 for a definition of speciation). Understanding speciation is important in assessing the availability of plant nutrients, plant uptake of potentially toxic elements (e.g. Al, Cd), and the movement of both nutrient and toxic substances into waterways or other parts of an ecosystem (Da Silva et al., 1991). 

S. Lustig, S. Zang, B. Michalke, P. Schramel, W. Beck, Platinum determination in nutrient plants by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with special respect to the hafnium oxide interference, Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 357 (1997), 1157D1163. 

Onuf, C. P., Teal,., and Vahela, I. (1977). Interactions of nutrients, plant growth, and herbivory in a mangrove ecosystem. Ecology 58, 514—526. 

In all but extreme climates, the upper portion of the soil profile is extensively occupied by plant roots, which remove both water and mineral nutrients. Plants and other biota (such as insects and small mammals) create extensive networks of voids often referred to as macropores, which result in a heterogeneous, biporous (i.e., there are two porosity values, for micro- and macropores), and structurally very complex material. Macropores (and pipes, which are larger, continuous macropores) can play a significant role in water transport, although the exact role of flow through macropores versus flow through the rest of the soil matrix is not completely understood. For an overview of the types and mechanisms of formation of macropores, the reader is referred to Beven and Germann (1982). 

Chen MH, Liu LF, Chen YR, Wu HK, Yu SM (1994) Expression of a-amylases, carbohydrate-metabolism, and autophagy in cultured rice cells is coordinately regulated by sugar nutrient. Plant J 6 625—636. 

Bukovac, M. J., and Wittwer, S. H. (1957). Absorption and mobility of foliar applied nutrients. Plant Physiol. 32 428-35. 

Several recent studies indicate that the consumption of 2 g/day of sterols or stanols could result in a reduction in the risk of heart disease by about 25% (Law, 2000 Jones and Raeini-Saqaz, 2001 Hicks and Moreau, 2001). Also, a lack of toxicity was demonstrated in studies with phytosterols and stanols, except for individuals with the extremely rare genetic condition known as sitosterolemia. Some concerns remain regarding the impact of phytosterol consumption on other lipid-soluble nutrients. Plant sterols and stanols lower blood concentrations of P-carotene by about 25%, the concentration of a-carotene by 10%, and the concentration of vitamin E by 8%. 

Khk, G.J.D., 2002. Modelhng root-induced solubdization of nutrients. Plant Soil 255, 49-57. 

Nonmineral nutrients Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in soil Mineral nutrients Plant nutrients absorbed through roots as solutes in water... 

Sodium ascorbate Sodium gluconate Sodium pantothenate Sodium phosphate dibasic heptahydrate Thiamine HCI L-Threonine Tocopherol D-a-Tocopherol pL-a-Tocopherol d-a-Tocopheryl acetate dl-a-Tocopheryl acetate DL-a-Valine L-Valine Zinc gluconate Zinc methionine sulfate Zinc sulfate Zinc sulfate heptahydrate nutrient, plant... 

Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur are designafi as secondary nutrients. Plants require these nutrients in fairiy... 

Rooted shoots should be transferred to compost in plant pots, watered, and supplied with nutrients. Plants should be kept in seed tra and covered with a lid for 24 h after transfer to compost, to minimize initial water loss. 

Key words physiology, photosynthesis, water, nutrients, plant structure, plant hormones. 

In all but extreme climates, the upper portion of the soil profile is extensively occupied by plant roots, which remove both water and mineral nutrients. Plants and other biota (such as insects and small mammals) create extensive networks of voids often referred to as macropores. The result... 

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