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Soil Chemistry and Plant Performance — Ecological Considerations

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 59))

Abstract

The preference of plants for particular soil conditions is a widely recognized ecological principle and was a main concern in classical plant ecology. In spite of a long research tradition, however, mechanisms involved are still far from adequately explained. Moreover, conclusions concerning wild-growing plants have often to be adopted from progress made in agrochemical and plant physiological work, usually performed on cultivars of crop plants.

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Tyler, G., Falkengren-Grerup, U. (1998). Soil Chemistry and Plant Performance — Ecological Considerations. In: Behnke, HD., Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Lüttge, U., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80446-5_21

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