inorganic nitrogen

collocation in English

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inorganic
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.ɔːˈɡæn.ɪk/us
/ˌɪn.ɔːrˈɡæn.ɪk/
not being or consisting of living material, or (of chemical substances) containing no carbon or only small amounts ...
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nitrogen
noun[U]
uk
/ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/us
/ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no colour or taste, forms most of the earth's atmosphere, and is a part of all ...
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(Definition ofinorganicandnitrogenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These traits in turn were highly correlated with soilinorganicnitrogen.
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This indicates that animal traction andinorganicnitrogenare complements: crops benefit more from fertilisers in a well-worked soil.
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Root andinorganicnitrogendistributions in sesbania fallow, natural fallow and maize fields.
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The effects of the farmers' asset endowment on fertiliser use confirm this observation: wealthier households, which are better able to smooth consumption, use lessinorganicnitrogenin either village.
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Because economics drive production, all sources of nitrogen will be used in the production of food, and combinations of organic andinorganicnitrogenare often used on the same farm.
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Inorganicnitrogenis likely to be leached during the fallow period, or lost to soil erosion or denitrification, rather than retained in the soil5,29.
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This is not intended to be an argument for organic versusinorganicnitrogen.
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The ultimate products of degradation are carbon dioxide,inorganicnitrogencompounds and water.
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However, we must carefully examine the dramatic increase in the use of nitrogenous fertilisers; that is,inorganicnitrogen.
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The key contaminants identified in lowland rivers were dissolvedinorganicnitrogen, dissolved reactive phosphorus and faecal contamination.
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Some important limiting factors include growth that is stimulated by the supply of ammonium andinorganicnitrogen.
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The primary sources ofinorganicnitrogenused by marine algae are nitrate and ammonium.
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Glucose or glycerol are often used as carbon sources, and ammonium salts or nitrates asinorganicnitrogensources.
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This is of great importance as primary productivity in many marine environments is regulated by the availability ofinorganicnitrogen.
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The key contaminants identified in lowland rivers were dissolvedinorganicnitrogen, dissolved reactive phosphorus, sediment and faecal contamination.
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Seaweeds extract nutrients such asinorganicnitrogenand phosphorus directly from the water, and filter-feeding mollusks can extract nutrients as they feed on particulates, such as phytoplankton and detritus.
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