Means a substance, mixture, micro- organism or any other material, applied or intended to be applied on plants or their rhizosphere or on mushrooms or their mycosphere, or intended to constitute the rhizosphere or mycosphere, either on its own or mixed with another material, for the purpose of providing the plants or mushrooms with nutrient or improving their nutrition efficiency.
Source category: EU Legislation
More information and links
| Reference description | EU, 2019 |
| Originally Published | 19 Mar 2025 |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | fertiliser |
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