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Phosphorus management research and the 4Rs
Author(s) -
Flis Sally
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2017.50.0308
Subject(s) - production (economics) , agriculture , unintended consequences , face (sociological concept) , phosphorus , reading (process) , best practice , soil conservation , soil loss , natural resource economics , business , agricultural economics , political science , environmental resource management , environmental science , sociology , economics , social science , management , ecology , surface runoff , biology , chemistry , macroeconomics , organic chemistry , law
Producers and consultants will continue to face challenges to reduce P losses from agricultural production. Recent meta‐analyses have helped to determine the effect of some practices like incorporation or banding of P fertilizers and the use of conservation practices to reduce the potential for P loss. Recent research also points to the unintended consequences of practice changes if research is not robust enough. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Soil & Water Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.agronomy.org/education/classroom/classes/393