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Micronutrients in Tropical Food Crop Production pp 221–235Cite as

Micronutrient fertilizers and fertilization practices

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 14))

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Increased knowledge acquired during the past 25 years about plant requirements, sources, and most effective methods of applying micronutrients has increased their use in many regions. Higher crop yields, usually resulting from higher rates of NPK fertilizers, also may have increased needs for micro-nutrients. In addition, the dramatic shift in the tropics to higher analysis fertilizers such as urea, triple superphosphate, and diammonium phosphate, has decreased the amounts of some micronutrients applied to the soil as fertilizer contaminants.

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Mortvedt, J.J. (1985). Micronutrient fertilizers and fertilization practices. In: Vlek, P.L.G. (eds) Micronutrients in Tropical Food Crop Production. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5055-9_9

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