Fertilizers and Manures: Application, Benefits and Harmful Effects

Description

Despite the considerable progress made in enhancing the capacity of soils to produce crops through the use of manures and fertilizers, there are yet a large number of ignorant peasants in many Asian countries, who have been growing crops without applying adequate amounts of manures and fertilizers to their crop fields and consequently obtaining considerably less yields. Accordingly, knowledge of farmyard manure, compost, fertilizers and other agricultural by-products and their applications is indispensable. The present book is a sincere effort in disseminating information on manures and fertilizers. Primarily designed as a reference book, its wide coverage includes varied manures and their preparation and effects; and production and consumption of various fertilizers along with the detailed elucidation of their properties, use, advantages and disadvantages. Application of both manures and fertilizers separately and in combination has been explained in depth in reference to individual crops of extensive variety. Owing to its reader-friendly approach to the subject, simple language and lucid style, the book is accessible even to average readers. While it ideally caters to the academic needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of agriculture science, it is a lasting valuable reference source for researchers and teachers, peasants, geologists and soil surveyors.