The Primary Means to Avoid Non-Point Source Nitrogen and Phosphorus

question 36

True/False

The primary means to avoid non-point source nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in agricultural watersheds is to avoid applications that bring the available supply of these nutrients in soils to amounts higher that can be used by crop plants.

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