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Fertilisers are compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either through the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves. Fertilisers can be organic (composed of organic matter), or inorganic (made of simple, inorganic chemicals or minerals). They can be naturally occurring compounds such as peat or mineral deposits, or manufactured through natural processes (such as composting) or chemical processes (such as the Haber process). Fertilisers typically provide, in varying proportions, the three major plant nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), the secondary plant nutrients (calcium, sulphur, magnesium), and sometimes trace elements (or micronutrients) with a role in plant nutrition: boron, chlorine, manganese, iron, zinc, copper, and molybdenum. This new book presents recent and important research from around the globe.

Table of Contents

Preface; Ecological Fertilization: An Example for Paddy Rice Performed as a Crop Rotation System in Southern China; Property of Biodegraded Fish-meal Wastewater as a Liquid-Fertiliser; Fertiliser Application on Grassland -- History, Effects and Scientific Value of Long-term Experimentation; Precision Fertiliser Management on Grassland; Organic Fertilization as Resource for a Sustainable Agriculture; The Present Situation and the Future Improvement of Fertiliser Applications by Farmers in Rainfed Rice Culture in Northeast Thailand; A New Analytical System for Remotely Monitoring Fertiliser Ions: The Potentiometric Electronic Tongue; Organo-Zeolitic-Soil Systems: A New Approach to Plant Nutrition; Radio-Environmental Impacts of Phosphogypsum; Index.

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