Husker scientists rewrite the book on nitrogen fertilizer to use the right among, protecting the farmer’s bottom line but also our groundwater.High nitrates in ...
"These issues are primarily driven by nitrogen pollution transported via rivers ... samples collected during the dry season showed that groundwater nitrogen becomes the dominant nitrogen source ...
Overuse of these chemical fertilizers has led to an upset in the nitrogen cycle and consequently to surface water as well as groundwater pollution. Increased loads of nitrogen fertilizer to ...
The most common contaminant identified in groundwater is dissolved nitrogen in the form of nitrate in sub-surface waters. Since, the nitrogen content of soil is generally quite low, farmers have ...