THE FIRST MINERAL FERTILIZATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT NUTRITION THEORIES
The article presents the history of the development of knowledge about plant nutrition and the use of mineral fertilizers from ancient civilizations to the second half of the nineteenth century and the formation of the mineral theory of plant nutrition. Based on the fundamental works on the history of soil science and agrochemistry authored by Pryanishnikov D. N., Krupenikov I. A., Mineev V. G. and others, an overview of the development of scientific views on plant nutrition and the use of mineral fertilizers is made.