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  • Phosphorus - a chemical element used in explosives, matches, and fertilizers (as it is a key nutrient for plant growth)
  • Phosphate rock - a sedimentary rock containing high amounts of phosphate minerals - the main source of agricultural P fertilizer
  • Phosphate - a salt or ester of phosphoric acid, containing PO4 -3 or a related anion or a group
  • 4 Rs of Nutrient Management - Right fertilizer source, at the Right rate, at the Right time, and in the Right place
  • Reserve - the part of a resource that could be economically extracted or produced at the moment
  • Resource - a concentration of naturally occurring solid, liquid, or gaseous material in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and amount that economic extraction of a commodity from the concentration is currently or potentially feasible


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