Transcription of Chapter 7 Nutrient Leaching - Cornell University
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Chapter 7 Nutrient LeachingJ. LEHMANN1 ANDG. SCHROTH21 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop andSoil Sciences, Cornell University , 909 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY14853, USA; 2 Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project,National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), CP 478,69011 970 Manaus, AM, SynopsisNutrient Leaching is the downward movement of dissolved nutrients in thesoil profile with percolating water. Nutrients that are leached below therooting zone of the vegetation are at least temporarily lost from the system,although they may be recycled if roots grow deeper. Leached nutrientsmay contribute to groundwater contamination in regions with intensiveagriculture.
crops than in the agricultural control treatments in southern Benin. Nutrient Leaching 155 Fig. 7.1.Distribution of 15N-labelled nitrogen 1 year after application to coffee (Coffea arabica) plants as urea or biomass of Leucaena leucocephalaor Desmodium intortumon an Oxisol in Burundi. Total quantities applied were 9.2 g
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}