Nutrient release pattern from Leptic Cambisols as influenced by vermicompost and inorganic fertilizer applications

Nutrient losses from manure and fertilizer applications as impacted by time to first runoff event.

Nutrient losses to surface waters following fertilization contribute to eutrophication. This study was conducted to compare the impacts of fertilization with inorganic fertilizer, swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) manure or poultry (Gallus domesticus) litter on runoff water quality, and how the duration between application and the first runoff event affects resulting water quality. Fertilizers were...

Seedling emergence and growth of sugarbeets as influenced by surface and incorporation applications of petroleum mulches

Sediment and Nutrient Losses from Field-scale Cropland Plots Treated with Animal Manure and Inorganic Fertilizer

A field-scale plot study was conducted at Virginia Tech’s Prices Fork Research Farm, to evaluate the transport of nutrients in runoff from manure and fertilizer applied at P-based agronomic rates to cropland planted to corn. Simulated rainfall events representing 2to 10-year storms in southwest Virginia, occurring 1 and 2 days following manure and fertilizer application were used to generate ru...

kinetics of potassium release from moscuvite and phlogopite as influenced by organic acids

the release rate of potassium (k) from micaceous minerals plays a significant role in supplying k to plants. the objective of this study was to determine the most appropriate kinetic equation to describe potassium release from micaceous minerals as influenced by organic acids. muscovite and phlogopite were made to react with 0, 500, 2000 and 4000 ?m solutions of oxalic, citric and malic acids f...

Thermal post-treatment alters nutrient release from a controlled-release fertilizer coated with a waterborne polymer

Controlled-release fertilizers (CRF) use a controlled-release technology to enhance the nutrient use efficiency of crops. Many factors affect the release of nutrients from the waterborne polymer-coated CRF, but the effects of thermal post-treatments remain unclear. In this study, a waterborne polyacrylate-coated CRF was post-treated at different temperatures (30 °C, 60 °C, and 80 °C) and durati...