Feed the crop not the soil: Rethinking phosphorus management in the food chain

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6523-6530

  Withers, Paul J A ^a   Sylvester Bradley, Roger ^b   Jones, Davey L ^a   Healey, John R ^a   Talboys, Peter J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER;

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD CHAIN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CROP; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD CHAIN; LIVESTOCK; RECYCLING; SOIL FERTILIZATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; FOOD CHAIN; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84902596906     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501670j     Document Type: Article

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