Definitions for "Fertiliser"
natural and synthetically produced inorganic and organic plant nutrient compounds. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium salts are the most heavily and extensively used, but micro-nutrients and trace elements are manufactured to correct deficiencies in essential nutrients for plants for the elements calcium, magnesium, sulphur, zinc, iron, copper, manganese, molybdenum, - and also for cobalt in animals. Organic fertilisers are derived from plant and animal residues but plants acquire them as simple salts after decomposition and breakdown in the soil.
Substance which provides plant nutrients when added to soil
A substance added to soil to make it more fertile.