Farming, fertilizers and the nitrate problem

By T. M. Addiscott, A. P. Whitmore, D. S. Powlson

Subjects: Fertilizers, Engrais, Pesticide pollution and control, Agricultural chemistry, Fertilizers and manures, Nitrates, Exploitation agricole, Environmental aspects, UE/CE Etats membres, Pays occidentaux, Pollution

Description: The ten chapters of this book deal with the perception of the problem, use of N in crop production, details of the biology, chemistry and physics, the use of computer models to stimulate movement of nitrate in a soil-crop system, sources of nitrate at large within the UK, divided into arable farming, grassland and organic farming, complications f.i. geological nitrate, N in rain water and sewage, and ways in which farmers, consumers and bureaucrats can address the problem