Phosphorus in Agriculture: 100 % Zero

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-94-017-7611-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 353 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 6742 g

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 in agriculture. This implies firstly that the phosphorus requirement of crop is fully satisfied by applying exclusively fertilizers which contain the nutrient in completely available form. Secondly, environmental demands through eutrophication and hazardous contaminants must not be compromised. The book identifies equally knowledge gaps and deficits in the transformation and implementation of research into practice. Bottom line is that research delivers the tools for a sustainable phosphorus management while legal frameworks are insufficient.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Kok, Luit J.

Schnug, Ewald

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Düngemittel, Gründünger
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Ewald Schnug, Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany - EditorProf. Luit J. De Kok, University of Groningen, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, The Netherlands - Editor