Phosphorus as a natural resource

Phosphorus: Agriculture and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 3-22

  Stewart, William M ^a   Hammond, Lawrence L ^b   Van Kauwenbergh, Steven J ^b  

^a Potash and Phosphate Inst   (United States)

^b International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural resource; Phosphate fertilizers; Phosphate ore types; Phosphate reserves; Phosphate rock production; Utilization factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103066254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr46.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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