Nitrogen use efficiency of maize and cotton in 1.32 Mha of commercial farms in Brazil

Nitrogen use efficiency of maize and cotton in 1.32 Mha of commercial farms in Brazil

Nitrogen use efficiency of maize and cotton in 1.32 Mha of commercial farms in Brazil We used data from 2011 to 2019 of cotton and maize yields and N fertilization of 4,519 commercial fields covering 1.32 Mha in Brazil to calculate nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), N...
Changes in nitrogen agricultural practices to increase farm sustainability – tomato production

Changes in nitrogen agricultural practices to increase farm sustainability – tomato production

Changes in nitrogen agricultural practices to increase farm sustainability – tomato production Abstract Nutrients, namely nitrogen, are essential to crop growth. Efficient nitrogen fertilization was tested in processing tomato plants with and without mycorrhizae, in...
Impact of N-fertiliser reduction on agronomic parameters and quality aspects for drinking water production

Impact of N-fertiliser reduction on agronomic parameters and quality aspects for drinking water production

Impact of N-fertiliser reduction on agronomic parameters and quality aspects for drinking water production Many groundwater bodies in Northwest-Germany suffer from nitrate leaching in regions with high livestock densities. In Belm-Nettetal (Lower Saxony) farmers have...
Long-term nitrogen fertilization can increase the availability of residual phosphorus in arable soil

Long-term nitrogen fertilization can increase the availability of residual phosphorus in arable soil

Long-term nitrogen fertilization can increase the availability of residual phosphorus in arable soil The agriculture in the Czech Republic has been characterized in the past thirty years by a reduction of 37% in basic fertilization with organic fertilizers, basic...