Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop for a large proportion of the world's
population. Total rice production will need to increase to feed an increasing world …

Riverbank filtration (RBF) for water supplies is used widely throughout the world because it
guarantees a sustainable quantity and improves water quality. In this study, the development …

Bioretention is a relatively new urban storm water best management practice. The objective
of this study is to provide insight on media characteristics that control bioretention water …

Environmental concerns about the release of reactive nitrogen (N) from intensively fertilized
farmland are growing, especially regarding gaseous N losses in the form of ammonia (NH 3) …

Summer cyanobacterial blooms caused an elevation in pH (9 to~ 10.5) that lasted for weeks
in the shallow and tidal-fresh region of the Sassafras River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay …

A soil column method was used to compare the effect of drip fertigation (the application of
fertilizer through drip irrigation systems, DFI) on the leaching loss and transformation of urea …

Economic and nature-friendly amendments are needed to increase fertilizer efficiency and
crop yield for sustainable agriculture in coarse-textured soil. In this investigation, the effects …

Sorption characteristics of nitrogen compounds is necessary in ascertaining their fate in the
soil-water environment. This paper presents a laboratory “batch” experiment for determining …

An unresolved question in microbial ecology is whether the available ammonium
concentration has a differential impact on the growth of newly discovered complete …

Irrigation with fertigation provides an effective supply of water and nutrients to crops, while
also posing a risk of increased nitrate concentrations in groundwater. Because the water …