This study aimed to evaluate the nutrient losses by leaching as a function of the type of incorporated organic residues into the soil, as well as the accumulation in the melon crop. The experiment was developed in a greenhouse of the UFC/CCA. The soil was a Ultisol, collected in the layer of 0-10 cm. A completely randomized design considering four replications was adopted. The treatments tested...

This study examined the efficiency of different organic waste materials as NPK fertilizer, in addition to the risk for leaching losses related to shower precipitation in the first part of the growing season. The experiment was tested in a pot trial on a sandy soil in a greenhouse. Six organic fertilizers were evaluated: liquid anaerobic digestate (LAD) sourced from separated household waste, ni...

Conventional wisdom postulates that leaching losses of N from agriculture systems are dominated by NO(3)(-). Although the export of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) into the groundwater has been recognized for more than 100 yr, it is often ignored when total N budgets are constructed. Leaching of DON into stream and drinking water reservoirs leads to eutrophication and acidification, and can po...

The nitrogen load to estuaries have been approximately halved in Denmark since the mid 1980ties, but assessments of the ecological status of marine waterbodies indicates that further reductions in nitrogen loadings are required in some waterbodies to obtain a good ecological status according to the Water Framework Directive. Past and current regulations have primarily relied on a general approa...

Leaching of nitrogen from arable land can lead to pollution groundwater and surface water. Various measures have been implemented in agriculture reduce leaching, but there is still potential do more. To find the best agricultural management regime limit problem, leaching soils under different must be measured. Different methods estimate are available, they not thoroughly evaluated. This study c...