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NITROGENOUS FERTILIZER [2 records]

Record 1 2004-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
CONT

Ammonia is the most common nitrogen fertilizer.

CONT

The predicted cumulative ozone depletions due to FC-11 and FC-12, subsonic and supersonic aircraft, bromine compounds, nitrogenous fertilizers, and a number of halocarbons, when treated cumulatively appear to be too large.

OBS

Source of much of the nitrogen that destroys stratospheric ozone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
DEF

Produit qui contient de l'azote et qu'on incorpore à la terre pour en maintenir ou en accroître la fertilité.

OBS

L'utilisation répandue des engrais azotés est à l'origine des quantités dangereusement élevées de produits destructeurs d'ozone dans la stratosphère.

OBS

Les déterminants «nitrique» et «azotique» sont surtout utilisés pour les acides et les anhydrides qui contiennent de l'azote.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Agentes contaminantes
  • Agentes químicos (Agricultura)
  • Abono y mejoramiento del suelo
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Record 2 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)

Spanish

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