Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle
Subtitle: Assessing the Impacts of Fertilizer Use on Food Production and the Environment (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Series)
Contributors: Arvin Mosier (Editor); J. Keith Syers (Editor); John R. Freney (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: September 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781559637084
Subjects: Fertilizers & manures; Technology & Industrial Arts; Life Sciences - Ecology; Agriculture - General; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nitrogen cycle; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science / Environmental Science; Environmental aspects; Nitrogen fertilizers
First sentence: Nitrogen (N) fertilizer has made a substantial contribution to the tripling of global food production over the past 50 years.