Table of Contents1. Advances in understanding the nitrogen cycle in crop production : David Pilbeam, University of Leeds, UK
2. Advances in understanding uptake and utilization of nitrogen in wheat : Ajit S. Nehe and M. John Foulkes, University of Nottingham, UK
3. Advances in optimising nitrogen-use efficiency in crop production : J. F. Angus, CSIRO Agriculture and Food and Graham Centre – Charles Sturt University, Australia
4. Advances in understanding crop use of phosphorus : Tim George, James Hutton Institute, UK
5. Advances in understanding the environmental effects of phosphorus fertilization : Andrew N. Sharpley, University of Arkansas, USA
6. Enhancing phosphorus-use efficiency in crop production : J. L. Havlin, North Carolina State University, USA; and A. J. Schlegel, Kansas State University, USA
7. Advances in understanding the potassium cycle in crop production : Qifu Ma and Richard Bell, Murdoch University, Australia
8. Potassium in crop physiology : Philip J. White, The James Hutton Institute, UK
9. Advances in optimizing potassium-use efficiency in crop production : Kaushik Majumdar, African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco; Meenu Rani, formerly ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, India; T. Scott Murrell, African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco and Purdue University, USA; Sudarshan Dutta, African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco; T. Satyanarayana, formerly International Plant Nutrition Institute, India; V. K. Singh, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; Jagadish Timsina, University of Melbourne, Australia and CIMMYT, Bangladesh; and B. S. Dwivedi, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
10. Secondary macronutrients: advances in understanding calcium cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimizing calcium-use efficiency in crop production : Milan Mesic, Zeljka Zgorelec, Aleksandra Percin, Igor Bogunovic and Darija Bilandzija, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11. The effect of soil organic matter on plant mineral nutrition : O. Urrutia, J. Erro, M. Fuentes, M. Olaetxea and M. Garnica, University of Navarra, Spain; R. Baigorri, TIMAC AGRO, UK; A. M. Zamarreño, M. Movila and D. De Hita, University of Navarra, Spain; and J. M. Garcia-Mina, University of Navarra, Spain and Centre Mondial De L’Innovation Roullier, France
12. Advances in understanding iron cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimising iron-use efficiency in crop production : Yashbir Singh Shivay and Sunil Mandi, ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
13. Current advances in zinc in soils and plants: implications for zinc efficiency and biofortification studies : Gokhan Hacisalihoglu, Florida A&M University, USA; and Matthew W. Blair, Tennessee State University, USA
14. Advances in understanding boron cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimizing boron use efficiency in crop production : Heiner E. Goldbach, University of Bonn, Germany
15. Micronutrients: advances in understanding manganese cycling in soils, acquisition by plants and ways of optimizing manganese efficiency in crops : Sidsel Birkelund Schmidt and Søren Husted, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
16. Micronutrients: advances in understanding molybdenum in crop production : Aruna Nandety and Ali M. Missaoui, University of Georgia-Athens, USA
17. Advances in assessing nutrient availability in soils : Frederikke N. Mikkelsen, Maria M. Rieckmann and Kristian H. Laursen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
18. Advances in integrated plant nutrient management : Bijay-Singh, Punjab Agricultural University, India; and Ali M. Ali, Desert Research Center, Egypt
19. Developments in the use of fertilizers : Bryan G. Hopkins, Brigham Young University, USA
20. Bio-effectors to optimize the mineral nutrition of crop plants : Markus Weinmann and Günter Neumann, University Hohenheim, Germany
21. Advances in fertigation techniques to optimize crop nutrition : Asher Bar-Tal, Uri Yermiyahu and Alon Ben-Gal, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel
22. Advances in foliar fertilizers to optimize crop nutrition : Victoria Fernández, Technical University of Madrid, Spain; and Héctor A. Bahamonde, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina
23. Optimizing the use of treated wastes in crop nutrition : Sylvia Kratz, Kerstin Panten, Ewald Schnug and Elke Bloem, Julius Kühn-Institute, Germany