Structural best management practices were implemented throughout the Cannonsville Reservoir Watershed (CRW) in an effort to reduce P losses to the reservoir. Yet long-term water quality control efforts within CRW are hindered by continuous P build-up in the soils resulting from dairy farm P imports exceeding exports. Addressing the P imbalance problems and maintaining economic viability of the ...

This paper proposes a stochastic application of a deterministic model (LEACHN) with the aim of forecasting the probability of exceeding given nitrate leaching levels for different cropping systems and soil hydrological characteristics. The understanding of the level of probability associated to the prediction of leaching is an important criteria for the judgement of cropping systems. After cali...

The effects of the proportion of concentrates in grass silage-based diets and of restricted dry matter (DM) intake were examined using 156 Simmental cross Friesian steers which were initially 389 kg live weight. The animals were reared on high-forage diets until 14 months of age and were then given grass silage ad libitum and supplemented with rolled barley which constituted (1) 0, (2) 120, (3)...

BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE Recent assessments of water quality status have identified eutrophication as one of the major causes of water quality 'impairment' not only in the USA but also around the world. In most cases, eutrophication has accelerated by increased inputs of phosphorus due to intensification of crop and animal production systems since the early 1990 s. Despite substantial measure...

Liu G.D., Morgan K., Hogue B., Li Y.C., Sui D. (2015): Improving phosphorus use efficiency for snap bean production by optimizing application. Hort. Sci. (Prague), 42: 94–101. Phosphorus (P) is essential for crop production. Adequate application P rate is critical for enhancing productivity and profitability of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The goal of this study was to optimize P applicat...

This study aimed to evaluate the accumulation, structural characteristics, and chemical composition of deferred signal-grass pastures that were subjected four treatments: without nitrogen fertilization, intercropped with calopo (Calopogonium mucunoides), fertilized urea N (50 kg ha−1 100 ha−1) for 2 years. The design was in randomized blocks, two blocks repetitions each treatment per block. The...

in order to study the effects of plant density and nitrogen rates on yield, nitrate and protein of silage maize (ksc 704) in shahrekord area, an experiment was conducted during 2007 growing season at the agricultural research farm of shahrekord university. the experimental design of the experiment was randomized complete blocks with factorial arrangement with four replications. treatment consis...