The inconsistent and incoherent approaches by fertilizer recommendations to index crop response has prompted the search for alternative approaches. Some of problems stem from overlooking fundamental soil properties that govern solution, which is where plant roots absorb nutrients growth. A comparison was made between two contrasting equilibration techniques evaluate their precision in estimatin...

in order to study the effect of on-farm seed priming and two bio-fertilizers on emergence and yield characteristics of chickpea, a factorial experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design in hamedan with three replications in 2013. the factors consisted of phosphate fertilizer (0, 50 and 100 percent of recommended) bio-fertilizer (mycorrhizae, barvar2, both of them and no-applic...

tea leaves contain unsaturated fatty acids, key precursors of volatile compounds contributing to tea aroma quality. tea is cultivated in areas with diverse environmental conditions. nitrogenous fertilizers influence tea yields and quality. a previous single site study demonstrated that increasing nitrogenous fertilizer rates raised fatty acid levels. however it is not known if the magnitudes an...

Mining of nutrients from soil is a major problem causing soil degradation and threatening long-term food production in developing countries. In present research, an attempt was made for carrying out nutrient budgeting, which includes the calculation of nutrient balance at micro (plot / field) and meso (farm) level and evaluation of trends in nutrient mining / enrichment. A nutrient budget is an...

The Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) is an alternative tool for the evaluation of nutritional status and fertilizer recommendation of several crops. However, as this methodology implies the establishment of norms or standards, without which one cannot infer about the nutritional status of a crop, in Portugal this tool has little application. The aim of this study was to est...

Recommendation, as we use the word here, means advice from a soil or crop specialist to those deciding how much of, what form of, and when to apply a fertilizer to a soil to benefit growth of a plant or crop. Recommendations of fertilizers and soil amendments must consider the interactions of all the factors discussed in this manual, including the soil, the crop, the climate, the beneficial eff...

Agriculture plays an essential role in the economies of developing countries such as India and contributes significantly to gross domestic product (GDP). The escalation population has led upsurge food demand. Numerous challenges selection crops, fertilizers, pesticides without considering various parameters like types soil, water requirement, temperature conditions, profitability analysis crops...

Determining when applications of nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), potassium (K) and phosphorus (P) fertilizer are needed is important to maintain alfalfa yield and quality. The Western U.S. is diverse in terms of climate, soil types, irrigation water need and availability, historical nutrient use and alfalfa production systems. Therefore, few generalizations hold regarding the timing and location of N...