fertilizer

material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) applied to soils or to plants to supply essential nutrients
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fertilizer

Summary

fertilizer ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,361 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fertilizer is a type of chemical substance[2].
  • fertilizer is a type of agrochemical[3].
  • fertilizer is a type of gardening item[4].
  • fertilizer is used for agriculture[5].
  • fertilizer is used for fertilization[6].
  • fertilizer's Commons category is recorded as Fertilizers[7].
  • fertilizer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fertilizers[8].
  • fertilizer's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • fertilizer's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10].
  • fertilizer's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[11].
  • fertilizer's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • fertilizer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • fertilizer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • fertilizer's different from is recorded as Nawóz, Lublin Voivodeship[15].
  • fertilizer's history of topic is recorded as history of fertilizer[16].
  • fertilizer's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • fertilizer's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chemical substance[2], agrochemical[3], and gardening item[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include agriculture[5] and fertilization[6].

Why It Matters

fertilizer ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,361 views/month).[1] fertilizer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] fertilizer is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

fertilizer has been cited as an influence by nitrogen cycle[21].

FAQs

Who did fertilizer influence?

fertilizer has been cited as an influence by nitrogen cycle[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Q24501412. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Q24501412. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Q24501412. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C8674
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C8674, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 8w ago · FitikWasTaken · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → fertilizers
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv-cyrl, isv-latn */"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006226-hnojiva
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006226-hnojiva, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
    Subclass of → chemical substance, agrochemical, gardening item
    Topic's main category → Category:Fertilizers
    Different from → Nawóz, Lublin Voivodeship
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2120, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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