Sources of Phosphorus for Plants: Past, Present, and Future
The phosphate fertilizer industry developed in the 19th century to provide farmers with plant nutrients that are efficient to manufacture, affordable for farmers, and agronomically effective. Continued advances in chemistry and engineering have led to a variety of commercial products that are now widely used to restore degraded soils and replace this essential nutrient that is continually removed from fields in harvested crops.
DOI: 10.24047/BC103117Keywords
- fertilizer production
- phosphate fertilizer development
Robert Mikkelsen. 2019. Sources of Phosphorus for Plants: Past, Present, and Future. Better Crops 103(1): 17-21. doi.org/10.24047/BC103117