Rainfall will wash nitrates downward through the soil profile where they may enter tiles or drainage channels and be lost for agricultural production. This is called leaching and is the major cause of ...
Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which ...
Nitrogen and potassium are fundamental nutrients for plant growth, but imbalances frequently disrupt agricultural systems.
Sustainable soil health: by Lalin I De Silva With the escalating impacts of climate change, Sri Lanka’s plantation ...
Nitrogen leaching is one of the consequences of excessive rainfall, and the element can just as easily escape the soil due to ...
In agricultural systems, fertilizers are used extensively to increase plant production, but unused nitrogen, usually in the form of nitrate, can leach out of the soil, enter streams and rivers ...
Soil fertility is the ability of soil ... and by minimizing losses through leaching below the crop rooting zone by improved water and nutrient application. The isotopes of nitrogen-15 and ...