Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crop Production Hardback
Edited by Adjunct Professor Jagdish Kumar (University of California-Davis (United States)) Ladha
Part of the Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science series
Hardback
Description
In the last 60 years fertiliser use in agriculture has increased by 900%.
However, it’s been reported that up to 80% of these fertilisers are not utilised by crops but are lost to the environment as nitrous oxide, ammonia and nitrate.
Improving nitrogen use efficiency is recognised as one possible solution to reducing the sector’s environmental impact and optimising its productivity and sustainability in the face of increasing pressure to feed a growing population. Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production reviews recent advances in understanding nitrogen cycling in soil as well as advances in monitoring nitrogen status and synchronising fertiliser application.
The book also considers developments in inorganic fertilisers to improve nitrogen use efficiency, as well as how more organic sources of nitrogen, such as livestock manure, can be optimised to achieve the same goal.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:454 pages, Color tables, photos and figures
- Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:12/03/2024
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- ISBN:9781801464703
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:454 pages, Color tables, photos and figures
- Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:12/03/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781801464703