Application and Effects of Fertilizers and Manures on Soil Quality

Description

Fertilizers are added to crops in order to produce enough food to feed the human population. Fertilizers provide crops with nutrients like potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen, which allow crops to grow bigger, faster, and to produce more food. Throughout the years, farmers have utilized chemical fertilizers to increase the production of crops to meet the increasing demand. But over the years, continuous usage of these chemical fertilizers have proven to be harmful to all forms of life by causing pollution of air and water, and depletion of minerals from the soil. This present text “Application and Effects of Fertilizers and Manures on Soil Quality” the Author describes lucidly fertilizer and manure mode of action and their relation to particular crops and soils. Enriched with tables of Scientific Data, the text covers the need, sources, functions, uses and also a Comparative Analysis of various fertilizers and manures nitrogenous, Phosphatic and Potassic. On the whole, it is a unique book on the applied aspect of fertilizers and manures, telling how to adjust them to particular soil and particular style of farming.