artificial fertilizer

collocation in English

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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fertilizer
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɜː.tɪ.laɪ.zər/us
/ˈfɝː.t̬əl.aɪ.zɚ/
a natural or chemical substance that is spread on the land or given to plants, to make plants ...
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(Definition ofartificialandfertilizerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The use of sewage sludge on land reduces the need forartificialfertilizer, the manufacture of which has high energy demands.
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His father was a manufacturer ofartificialfertilizer.
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He investigated the impact of inorganic and organic fertilizers on crop yield and founded one of the firstartificialfertilizermanufacturing factories in 1842.
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It is home to a swiftly expanding industrial quarter, which includes both majorartificialfertilizerand petrochemical factories.
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With the discovery of theartificialfertilizerin the end of the 19th century, potash salt became high status.
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If the supply of manure orartificialfertilizeris limited, only the seedbeds are fertilized.
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The emphasis of his work was on the use of potash as anartificialfertilizer.
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The photosynthetic production can be increased by fertilizing the pond water withartificialfertilizer mixtures, such as potash, phosphorus, nitrogen and micro-elements.
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Most coffee producing farmers use natural fertilizers and notartificialfertilizer.
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Of course, other factors are implicated in this process, not least an increased reliance on artificial fertilizers, pesticides and technology.
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This has occurred as a result of scarcity of irrigation water and the high cost of artificial fertilizers.
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This partly reflected the relatively high cost and low availability of artificial fertilizers, as well as a poor appreciation of the role of nutrients in plant growth.
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Artificial fertilizers may be good for certain heavy land.
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It cannot be settled in terms of artificial fertilizers alone or of organic fertilizers alone.
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Artificial fertilizers feed nothing, and they take up just as much shipping space as feeding stuffs for animals.
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It is true that during these war years there has developed soil exhaustion with successive white straw corn crops, and there has been a growing lack of artificial fertilizers.
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It is only in the last fifty years, roughly speaking, that so-called artificial fertilizers, phosphates and other things have been used; but hitherto good husbandry had been producing these yields.
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Modern usage of artificial fertilizers, containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, has affected the mouths of watersheds.
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Redonda is home to vast numbers of sea birds, and the island was an important source of guano before artificial fertilizers started to be mass-produced.
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Szekely spoke against herbicides, pesticides, artificial fertilizers, the increasing use of food processing, and the dangers of cigarettes.
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