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Estimation of Nutrient Balance in Field Crops Applied with Different Fertilization
Seok Cheol Kim1
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Myung Sook Kim1
,
Seong Jin Park1
,
Seong Heon Kim1
,
Chang Hoon Lee1*
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1Soil and Fertilizer Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA, Wanju 55365, Korea
*Corresponding Author, **This author contributed equally to this works as corresponding authors
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30 November 2018. pp. 427-434
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Abstract

Korea is one of those countries that have very high usage rates of chemical fertilizers per unit area of cropland. To reduce the fertilizer application rate, a variety of agricultural polices has been introduced since the 1990s. The purpose of this study was conducted to find out the situation of fertilizer use on vegetable crops at 720 farmer’s fields located in 9 province area. Organic fertilizer application rates increased in major field crops. Chemical fertilizer application rates decreased in most of the field crops and vegetables surveyed; however, this reduction was concentrated in phosphate and potassium usage but not in nitrogen. In spite of this decrease, the fertilizer application levels to most crops were maintained at levels much higher than recommended. In the nutrient balance, which was calculated from the difference between input (chemical and organic fertilizers) and output (agricultural products), the nitrogen surplus were higher than recommendation fertilizer application rate. To reduce fertilizer utilization and to conserve environment, further reduction of fertilizer application is essential.

Distribution of nutrient balance in upland soil with different fertilization.

Keywords
Field crop
Fertilization
Inorganic fertilizer
Organic fertilizer
Nutrient balance

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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 51
  • No :4
  • Pages :427-434
  • Received Date : 2018-08-24
  • Revised Date : 2018-10-28
  • Accepted Date : 2018-11-01
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2018.51.4.427
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