Biomass crops are being promoted as environmentally favorable alternatives to fossil fuels or ethanol production from maize (Zea mays L.), particularly across the Corn Belt of the United States. However, there are few if any empirical studies on inorganic N leaching losses from perennial grasses that are harvested on an annual basis, nor has there been empirical evaluation of the hydrologic con...

Abstract. Soil water drainage is the main source of groundwater recharge and river flow. It therefore a key process for resource management. In this study, we evaluate soil hydrology drainage, simulated by interactions between soil–biosphere–atmosphere (ISBA) land surface model currently used hydrological applications from watershed scale to global scale, where parameters are generally not cali...

Rain gardens are increasing in use as the shift from gray to green infrastructure continues. Water that enters a rain garden is removed by three mechanisms: overflow an outlet, percolation underlying soil, and evapotranspiration (ET) atmosphere. Despite importance of ET aiding recover void space during time between storm events, it not often measured or calculated because so difficult do so. Th...

A quantitative understanding of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) and soil–water dynamics in a hillslope agroecosystem is vital for sustainable water resource management soil conservation; however, the complexity processes conditions involving lateral subsurface flow (LSF) can be limiting factor full comprehension dynamics. The research was carried out at SUPREHILL CZO located on (vineyard) over ...

Inappropriate drainage and agricultural development on tropical peatland may lead to an increase in methane (CH4) emission, thus expediting the rate of global warming climate change. It was hypothesized that water table fluctuation affects CH4 emission pineapple cultivation peat soils. The objectives this study were to: (i) quantify from a soil cultivated with (ii) determine effects depth under...

We tested the hypothesis that whole-tree water consumption of olives (Olea europaea L.) is fruit load-dependent and investigated the driving physiological mechanisms. Fruit load was manipulated in mature olives grown in weighing-drainage lysimeters. Fruit was thinned or entirely removed from trees at three separate stages of growth: early, mid and late in the season. Tree-scale transpiration, c...

Differences on response of mathematical models on herbicide leaching in the environment can occur due to the models and their limitations, mainly when using soil lysimeters. Tebuthiuron is a herbicide used in sugarcane crop and is applied in the recharge area of the Guarany aquifer in Brazil, one of the largest in the world. This study was conducted to compare the leaching potential of the herb...

This paper describes the results of an evaluation of pesticide leaching modelling, using data collected on four lysimeters in Italy. The experimental data were collected during a 3 year period at Tor Mancina (Rome, Italy), on a clay-loam calcareous soil. Monitored variables are the soil water drainage, the bromide leaching and the metolachlor leaching. Two different irrigation schedules were co...

The establishment of a vegetative cover to enhance evapotranspiration and control runoff and drainage was examined as a method for stabilizing a landfill containing coal combustion waste. Suitable plant species and pretreatment techniques in the form of amendments, tilling, and chemical stabilization were evaluated. A randomized plot design consisting of three subsurface treatments (blocks) and...