Integrated nutrient management (INM) for sustaining crop productivity and reducing environmental impact: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 512-513, Issue , 2015, Pages 415-427

  Wu, Wei ^a,b   Ma, Baoluo ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agronomic performance; Crop yield; Organic fertilizer; Resource use efficiency; Sustainable agricultural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER; NUTRIENT; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GRAIN; HARVEST; INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PLANT WATER USE; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; SOIL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84921844023     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.101     Document Type: Review

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