Abstract
Our understanding of plant mineral nutrition comes largely from studies of herbaceous crops that evolved from ruderal species characteristic of nutri ent-rich disturbed sites (52). With the development of agriculture, these ancestral species were bred for greater productivity and reproductive output at high nutrient levels where there was little selective advantage in efficient nutrient use. This paper briefly reviews the nature of crop responses to nutrient stress and compares these responses to those of species that have evolved under more natural conditions, particularly in low-nutrient envi ronments. I draw primarily upon nutritional studies of nitrogen and phos phorus because these elements most commonly limit plant growth and because their role in controlling plant growth and metabolism is most clearly understood (51). Other more specific aspects of nutritional plant ecology not discussed here include ammonium/nitrate nutrition (79), cal cicole/calcifuge nutrition (51,88), heavy metal tolerance (4), and serpentine ecology (133).
Keywords
MineralEnvironmental scienceBiologyEcology
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F. Stuart Chapin
(1980).
The Mineral Nutrition of Wild Plants.
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
, 11
(1)
, 233-260.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.11.110180.001313
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- 10.1146/annurev.es.11.110180.001313