| Description |
xxi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SCOPE ; 65 |
| Contents |
Pt. I: Overview -- 1. Nitrogen Fertilizer: An Essential Component of Increased Food, Feed and Fiber Production / A. R. Mosier, J. K. Syers and J. R. Freney -- Pt. II: Crosscutting Issues -- 2. Crop, Environmental and Management Factors Affecting Nitrogen Use Efficiency / V. Balasubramanian ... [et al.] -- 3. Emerging Technologies to Increase the Efficiency of Use of Fertilizer Nitrogen / K. E. Giller ... [et al.] -- 4. Pathways of Nitrogen Loss and Their Impacts on Human Health and the Environment / M. B. Peoples ... [et al.] -- 5. Societal Responses for Addressing Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs: Balancing Food Production and Environmental Concerns / C. Palm ... [et al.] -- Pt. III: Low Input Systems -- 6. Improving Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency Through an Ecosystem-Based Approach / L. Drinkwater -- 7. Nitrogen Dynamics in Legume-Based Pasture Systems / M. B. Peoples ... [et al.] -- 8. Management of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Maize-Based Systems in sub-Humid Areas of sub-Saharan Africa / B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.] -- 9. Integrated Nitrogen Input Systems in Denmark / J. E. Olesen ... [et al.] -- Pt. IV: High Input Systems -- 10. Rice Systems in China with High Nitrogen Inputs / R. J. Buresh ... [et al.] -- 11. Using Advanced Technologies to Refine Nitrogen Management at the Farm Scale: A Case Study from the U.S. Midwest /T.S. Murrell --12. Impact of Management Systems on Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency / J. L. Havlin -- |
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Pt. V: Interactions and Scales -- 13. Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency as Influenced by Interactions with Other Nutrients / M. S. Aulakh and S. S. Mahli -- 14. An Assessment of Fertilizer Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency by Grain Crops / T. J. Krupnik ... [et al.] -- 15. Pathways and Losses of Fertilizer Nitrogen at Different Scales / K. Goulding --16. Current Nitrogen Inputs to World Regions / E. Boyer ... [et al.] -- Pt. VI: Challenges --17. Challenges and Opportunities for the Fertilizer Industry / A. H. Roy and L.L. Hammond -- 18. The Role of Nitrogen in Sustaining Food Production and Estimating Future Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs to Meet Food Demand / S. Wood, J. Henao, and M. Rosegrant --19. Environmental Dimensions of Fertilizer Nitrogen: What Can Be Done to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Ensure Global Food Security? / A. Dobermann and K.C. Cassman |
| Summary |
"Agriculture an dthe Nitrogen Cycle provides a unique, up-to-date assessment of the role of nitrogen fertilizer in the nitrogen cycle. In it, the authors emphasize the need to maintain food and fiber production while minimizing environmental impacts where fertilizer is abundant, and the need to enhance fertilizer utilization in systems where nitrogen is limited. The book is derived from a workshop held by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) that brought together the world's leading scientists to examine the nitrogen cycle and related problems."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment of the International council for Science." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nitrogen in agriculture.
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Nitrogen fertilizers.
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Nitrogen fertilizers -- Environmental aspects.
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Nitrogen cycle.
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| Author |
Freney, J. R. (John Raymond)
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Mosier, Arvin.
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Syers, John K. (John Keith)
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International Council for Science. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
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| LC no. |
2004012075 |
| ISBN |
1559637080 cloth alkaline paper |
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1559637102 paperback alkaline paper |
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