The contentsof this volume representthe proceedings of the First
International Symposium on Foliar Fertilization which was organizedby
Schering AG Agro- chemical Division's Special Fertilizer Group on 12-14
March 1985. The conference was attended by 130 participants from 35
countries . As a leadingcompany in the field offoliarfertilizers,
ScheringAG organizedthis conferenceto gathercurrentknowledgeon
foliarfertilization under various crop and environmental conditions.We
believe thatthese Proceedings form a basis for a more relevantapproach
to foliarfertilization in agriculture and horticulture and
thattheysummarize the currentstateof our knowledgeon this highly
efficient methodof fertilization. Besides the formalpresentation of
invitedfull-length papers, shortcommunications were also invited for
presentation. Most of theseshortcommunicationshave been kindly expanded
by their authorsto fullpapers. The subject matterhas been arrangedin
these Proceedings to obtain a bettersequence than was originally
possible in theprogramme for technicalreasons .: Chapter1 dealswith
"Fundamental aspectsof foliarfertilizat ion". Chapter2 deals with
"Foliarfert ilizationunder arid and semi-arid conditions", Chapter 3 is
devoted to "Foliar fertil ization under tropicalconditions", Chapter 4
deals with "Foliar fertilization in horticulture", Chapter5 is devotedto
"Foliarfertilization in cerealcultivation" and Chapter6 concludeswith
"Foliarfertilization in differentcrops and count ries". It is
appropriatethata substantialportion of these proceedings is devoted to
practicalaspects of foliarfertilization thus recognizingthe fact that
foliarfer- tilizationhas gained an outstandingrole inagriculture and
horticulture and will see even more inthe future. We express our special
thanksto the chairmen of the various sessions who con- tributedto the su
ccess of thesymposium: Professors E. Malavolta, M. Fregoni, T. Kudrev,
H. -W. Doring, D. jelenic and Dr. V. Szirtes .
