Fertilizers and nitrate pollution of surface and ground water: an increasingly pervasive global problem

E Craswell - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Nitrate pollution of ground and surface water bodies all over the world is generally linked
with continually increasing global fertilizer nitrogen (N) use. But after 1990, with more …

Agricultural managed aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR)—a method for sustainable groundwater management: A review

E Levintal, ML Kniffin, Y Ganot, N Marwaha… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
More than two billion people and 40% of global agricultural production depend upon
unsustainable groundwater extraction. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the practice of …

Measures for reducing nitrate leaching in orchards: A review

M Cui, L Zeng, W Qin, J Feng - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) is one of the most important nutrients for plant growth. However, improper
management of N fertilization in agriculture has led to a large amount of nitrate leaching …

Parameterization of root water uptake models considering dynamic root distributions and water uptake compensation

G Cai, J Vanderborght, V Couvreur… - Vadose Zone …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Parameters of different RWU models were optimized using data from a rhizotron
facility. The same soil hydraulic properties were obtained for models considering RWU …

Groundwater nitrate pollution and climate change: learnings from a water balance-based analysis of several aquifers in a western Mediterranean region (Catalonia)

J Mas-Pla, A Menció - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019 - Springer
Climate change will affect the dynamics of the hydrogeological systems and their water
resources quality; in particular nitrate, which is herein taken as a paradigmatic pollutant to …

High nutrients surplus led to deep soil nitrate accumulation and acidification after cropland conversion to apple orchards on the Loess Plateau, China

M Ren, C Li, X Gao, H Niu, Y Cai, H Wen… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrate accumulation in the deep vadose zone poses direct or potential threat of environment
and agriculture due to the long hydraulic retention time, especially in areas with limited …

Tradeoffs and synergies in tropical forest root traits and dynamics for nutrient and water acquisition: field and modeling advances

DF Cusack, SD Addo-Danso, EA Agee… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vegetation processes are fundamentally limited by nutrient and water availability, the uptake
of which is mediated by plant roots in terrestrial ecosystems. While tropical forests play a …

Water movement and solute transport in deep vadose zone under four irrigated agricultural land-use types in the North China Plain

L Min, Y Shen, H Pei, P Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2018 - Elsevier
Groundwater-fed agriculture has caused water table declines and groundwater quality
degradation in the North China Plain. Based on sediment sampling in deep vadose zone …

Root lateral interactions drive water uptake patterns under water limitation

E Agee, L He, G Bisht, V Couvreur, P Shahbaz… - Advances in Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The plasticity of root water uptake determines the maintenance of transpiration during
periods of water limitation and drought. However, the mechanistic basis of plant water …

[HTML][HTML] Source area management practices as remediation tool to address groundwater nitrate pollution in drinking supply wells

M Bastani, T Harter - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrate in drinking water may cause serious health problems for consumers. Agricultural
activities are known to be the main source of groundwater nitrate contaminating rural …