Sentence examples for overuse of fertilizers from inspiring English sources

Also on the agenda was the grim reality that land degradation from deforestation, waste disposal and overuse of fertilizers has rendered a third of the earth's soil unfit for growing food.

Concerns among the Chinese public have been growing in recent years over the extent of soil pollution  caused by overuse of fertilizers and pesticides and contamination by heavy metals from industry.

Concerns among the Chinese public have been growing in recent years over the extent of soil pollution caused by overuse of fertilizers and pesticides and contamination by heavy metals from industry.

Improved grain production to meet the food demand of an increasing population has been highly dependent on chemical fertilizer input based on the traditionally assumed notion of 'high input, high output', which results in overuse of fertilizers but ignores the biological potential of roots or rhizosphere for efficient mobilization and acquisition of soil nutrients.

Irrigated agriculture, pasture, and mining land use in these areas results in overuse of fertilizers and chemical herbicides in them.

These organic acids lower the pH of microclimate and hence, increase the solubility of RP, ultimately the bioavailability of P. On the other hand, combined application of rhizobacteria carrying P-solubilizing as well as ACC-deaminase activities with RP-EC can reduce the ecological issues due to overuse of fertilizers and enhance the nutrient use efficiency.

Also, working with environmental agencies, farmers must establish strict nitrogen budgets, with fines for overuse of fertilizer.

Fertilizers are a major component of nitrous oxide emissions, and recent studies indicate that overuse of fertilizer has become a significant contributor to water pollution.

In addition, China's increased agricultural harvest in the past years to some extent can be attributed to the overuse of fertilizer and pesticide (Huang et al. 2012a).

His studies have demonstrated how the use--and overuse--of fertilizer has changed the balance of nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment.

Mr. Rushing speaks his mind on the overuse of chemicals, fertilizers that leach into the water table, pesticides that aren't necessary, irrigation systems to water lawns that should go dormant in a drought.