Description
Wiley India Fertilizer Technology And Management by Brahma Mishra
Fertilizer Technology and Management provides an introduction to the manufacture, marketing and management of commercial fertilizers. It covers the principles and methods of fertilizer production including raw material requirements and intermediaries, fertilizer marketing, and all aspects of fertilizer management such as quality control, logistics and application methods. The book also includes chapters on the role of fertilizers in agriculture, long-term effects of fertilizers on soil productivity and impact of fertilizer production and use on the environmental quality.
About the Author
Mishra Brahma joined the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar as Assistant Professor in 1972. He was selected Associate Professor in 1977 and became Professor of Soil Science in 1987. He provided leadership as the Head of the Department of the superannuation. Thereafter, ICAR awarded him the Emeritus Scientist position for two years. He is credited with introduction of courses on fertilizer technology and management in the syllabus for undergraduate students of Agriculture and Postgraduate students of Agribusiness Management.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Role of Fertilizers in Agriculture
Fertilizer Feedstocks and Raw Materials
Acids used for Fertilizer Production
Ammonia Production
Nitrogen Fertilizers
Phosphate Fertilizers
Potash Fertilizers
Complex and Mixed Fertilizers
Secondary Nutrient fertilizers
Micronutrient Fertilizers
Fertilizer Legislation and Quality Control
Fertilizer Marketing
Fertilizer Logistics
Fertilizer Application
Long-term Effects of Fertilizer Use
Fertilizers and Environmental Pollution / Index