Nitrogen Management in Irrigated Agriculture

by Roy S. Rauschkolb

Book Overview

Nitrogen constitutes about 79 percent of the earth's atmosphere, yet, in an agricultural plant production system, it is still common for soils to be deficient in the nitrogen needed for maximum plant growth. Nitrogen fertilizers, however, despite being essential for the economically driven production of food and fiber, are recognized as polluters of natural waters, and it has become increasingly apparent that manufactured and naturally occurring nitrogen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195078357
• ISBN13: 9780195078350
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"