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level decreases fertilization costs because of the increased levels of available nutrients left in the water, and irrigation … to differences between levels of nutrients needed by crops and those available in wastewater. The present article focuses …
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novel practices to improve crop access to water and nutrients. Increased understanding of root function has implications for … selection and breeding of crops to maximise capture of water and nutrients. Roots are also a means of delivering natural plant … inhibition of the nitrification process in soil (conversion of ammonium to nitrate) with possible benefits for improved nitrogen …
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need different lumped parameterization in MONERIS simulation. Point sources are important for nitrogen (64 %) and … phosphorous emissions (22 %), and diffuse sources for nitrogen via erosion (15 %) and free grazing (12 %) and for phosphorous via …
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nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment necessary to reverse declines in the Bay’s quality and associated biological resources …. Agriculture is the largest single source of nutrients and sediment in the watershed. We use data on crop and animal agriculture in …
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impacts on nutrient fluxes (nitrogen and phosphorus) and land use as the result of a change from a meat based diet to a … consumption (20% to 25% less phosphorus) and lower transfer of nutrients from agriculture into the environment compared to the … reference situation. Total emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus into water decrease (between 15% and 11% for nitrogen and by 5 …
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provided. It is shown that the highest content of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium application has been provided with the …
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A 3 year (2009–2011) study found a mean N balance of 166 kg N/ha, P balance of 4.93 kg P/ha, N use efficiency of 0.24, P use efficiency of 0.71, and net profit of €598/ha on 19 Irish dairy farms. The increase in mean net profit with mean milk receipts and the decrease with mean...
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drain discharge as well as on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loads in drainage water. Tile discharge and nutrient …
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Fluctuations in total nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and in the N/P ratio (i.e. in terms of mass) were measured … source of N and P inputs, this being especially pronounced for phosphorus that was present mainly in particulate form. In all …. This implies that the reservoir's biological communities preferentially store phosphorus, no doubt to maximise their …
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planned in a spatially cost-effective manner and if the consequent reductions of nitrogen and phosphorus, the two nutrients …
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