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Fertilizers

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002467

Any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin which is added to soil to provide nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, necessary to sustain plant growth.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002467
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFarms, Agricultural Production Systems
Synonymsfertilisers
ReferencesAgriculture Fact Book, USDA; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSoil management; Soil treatment; Agrochemicals; Fertilizer technology; Fertilizer industry; Fertilizer use reduction; Mineral fertilizers; Compound fertilizers; Slow-release fertilizers; Liquid fertilizers; Starter fertilizers; Biofertilizers; Organic fertilizers
TranslationsSpanish: fertilizantes
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002467",
  "term": "Fertilizers",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin which is added to soil to provide nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, necessary to sustain plant growth.",
  "synonyms": [
    "fertilisers"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "soil management",
    "soil treatment",
    "agrochemicals",
    "fertilizer technology",
    "fertilizer industry",
    "fertilizer use reduction",
    "mineral fertilizers",
    "compound fertilizers",
    "slow-release fertilizers",
    "liquid fertilizers",
    "starter fertilizers",
    "biofertilizers",
    "organic fertilizers"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Agriculture Fact Book, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fertilizantes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/fertilizers/"
}

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