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Chapter 4. Management of soil fertility through application of fertilizers

Kihara, J.

Chapter 4. Management of soil fertility through application of fertilizers - United Kingdom : CAB International, 2022. - 14 pages

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This chapter presents technologies for replacing the nutrients lost from cropped fields with external fertilizer sources in a manner that minimizes the consequences of too little or too much application. The technology of using industrial fertilizers, organic fertilizers, and application of farmyard manure and compost alone or in combination with industrial fertilizers are discussed in detail.


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978 1 80062 160 2 978 1 78924 835 7 (Online)

https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800621602.0004


Soil fertility
Fertilizer application
Technology
Nutrients

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