3 ways to increase yields

*select good genetic potential crop

*select the best management practices
*good environmenal conditions

the avaibility and types of basic chemical elements required bt the plant to grow
and reproduce
*plant nutrition

process of adding nutrients to the soil

*plant fertilizer

plant receives too much nutrients

*plant toxicity

most important nutrient | needed for vegetative growth and dark green color
*nitrogen

important for seedling and young plant growth and develop good root system also
called potash
*phosphorus

mined as a rock and made into a fertilizer

*potassium

application methods
*premergence
*top dress
*side dress

applied before germination

*premergence

done early in plants life

*top dress

done laterin plants life

*side dress

types of fertilizer
*organic and inorganic

too much fertilizer

*leaching plants burn