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Article: Impact of agricultural inputs on soil organisms--a review.
- Article from:
- Australian Journal of Soil Research
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
- Author:
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Introduction
Agricultural inputs
External inputs to agricultural production systems include mineral fertilisers such as urea, ammonium nitrate, sulfates, and phosphates; organic fertilisers such as animal manures, composts, and biosolids; various other organic products such as humic acids and microbial inoculants, and pesticides including herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, veterinary health products, and soil fumigants. All these products are applied with the ultimate goal of maximising productivity and economic returns.
Mineral fertilisers are a major physical input into Australian agricultural production and account for over ...