肥ひ効こう

noun

fertilizer response; effect of fertilizer

Technical term used in agriculture and soil science to describe how well a crop responds to applied fertilizer.

• この土ど壌じょうでは窒ちっ素その肥ひ効こうが高たかい。

  In this soil, the fertilizer response to nitrogen is high.

• 肥ひ効こうを調しらべるために試し験けん区くを設もうけた。

  We set up test plots to examine the effect of fertilizer.