Phosphorus in Agriculture: 100 % Zero

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schnug, Ewald (Editor), De Kok, Luit J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant ecology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.

The title ‘Phosphorus in Agriculture: 100 % Zero’ is synonymous for make-or-break. And it stands up to the promise. This book sends an important message as it delivers background information, intrinsic hypotheses, validation approaches and legal frameworks, all for balanced phosphorus fertilization...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Urgent Need for Action in the Baltic Sea Are
• 2. The Enigma of Fertilizer Phosphorus Utilization
• 3. Fate of Fertilizer P in Soils: Inorganic Pathway
• 4. Fate of Fertilizer P in Soils - the Organic Pathway
• 5. Determination of Plant Available P in Soil
• 6. Assessing the Plant Phosphorus Status
• 7. P solubility of Inorganic and Organic P Sources
• 8. Variability of P Uptake by Plants
• 9. Management options for an efficient utilization of phosphorus in agroecosystems
• 10. Phosphorus – the Predicament of Organic Farming
• 11. Utilization of Phosphorus at Farm Level in Denmark
• 12. Trace Element Contaminants and Radioactivity from Phosphate Fertiliser
• 13. Organic Xenobiotics
• 14. Energy Neutral Phosphate Fertilizer Production using High Temperature Reactors
• 15. Justice and Sustainability: Normative Criteria for the Use of Phosphorus
• 16. Governance Instruments for Phosphorus Supply Security.