Sentence examples for more fertilizers than from inspiring English sources
The 25-30 km buffer region used more fertilizers than the other areas before 2002.
"They are going to use more fertilizer than they need," he said.
Crops such as corn and soybeans flourish when nitrogen-containing fertilizer is applied to Midwestern fields, but many farmers routinely apply more fertilizer than their crops can take up.
Vegetables require more fertilizer than sugarcane, though the fields may resemble the historic hydrology of the Everglades by being flooded in the wet season.
Winter snow and spring thaw wash away far more fertilizer than stays in the soil.
By applying more fertilizer than is necessary, farmers reduce the risk of poor yield, therefore stabilizing revenue and potentially maximizing profits (Babcock and Shogren 1995).
More soil depletion means using more fertilizers.
Since during the last few decades Hungarian farmers have applied more NPK fertilizers than the crops required, and at the same time there was a large increase in other potential pollution sources, harmful side-effects such as unfavourable changes in the quality of surface and subsurface water resources were detected.
Corn requires vastly more fertilizer and pesticides than soybeans or other potential biofuel feedstocks, such as perennial grasses, according to a 2007 report from the National Academy of Sciences.
Around 76% of the world's population lives in developing countries where more fertilizer-N is currently applied than in developed countries.
Hans R. Herren, co-chairman of the project, said providing more fertilizer to Africa would improve output much more than genetic engineering could.
