Characterizing the impacts of land use on nitrate load and water yield in an agricultural watershed in Atlantic Canada

K Liang, Y Jiang, J Qi, K Fuller, J Nyiraneza… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive nitrate loading from agricultural non-point source is threatening the health of
receiving water bodies at the global scale. Quantifying the drivers/sources of water and …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of forage grasses and legumes on subsequent potato yield, nitrogen cycling, and soil properties

J Whittaker, J Nyiraneza, BJ Zebarth, Y Jiang… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
To balance economic potato production with environmental risks, it is crucial to understand
the effects of forage crops preceding potatoes on soil nitrate (NO 3-) leaching potential, soil …

Saltwater intrusion into a confined island aquifer driven by erosion, changing recharge, sea‐level rise, and coastal flooding

S Stanic, NK LeRoux, A Paldor… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aquifers on small islands are at risk of salinization due to low elevations and limited
adaptive capacity, and present risks will be exacerbated by climate change. Most studies …

[HTML][HTML] Development and Validation of a Crop and Nitrate Leaching Model for Potato Cropping Systems in a Temperate–Humid Region

S Danielescu, KTB MacQuarrie, J Nyiraneza, B Zebarth… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) is a one-dimensional process-based model
used for simulating major physical, chemical, and biological processes in agricultural …

Defining upper limits of nitrogen uptake and nitrogen use efficiency of potato in response to crop N supply

SP Milroy, P Wang, VO Sadras - Field Crops Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Sound nitrogen management seeks to ensure crop yield, quality and profit, while avoiding
over-fertilization lead to excess reactive nitrogen entering the agro-ecosystem or under …

Crop water deficit and supplemental irrigation requirements for potato production in a temperate humid region (Prince Edward Island, Canada)

S Danielescu, KTB MacQuarrie, B Zebarth, J Nyiraneza… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global increase in potato production and yield is expected to lead to increased irrigation
needs and this has prompted concerns with respect to the sustainability of irrigation water …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating multi-year crop inventories as a proxy for soil management within a digital soil mapping framework for predicting nitrogen indices

L Laurence, B Heung, J Zhang, T Pennell, J Nyiraneza… - Geoderma, 2024 - Elsevier
For the international digital soil mapping (DSM) community, adequate spatial estimates of
nitrogen (N) mineralization have yet to be generated. This is due, in part, to an inability to …

Nitrate leaching and potato tuber yield response to different crop rotations

Y Jiang, J Nyiraneza, C Noronha, A Mills… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intensive potato production causes nitrate leaching and contributes to groundwater nitrate
contamination. This study investigated the impacts of five potato rotations on nitrate leaching …

Groundwater nitrate concentration evolution under climate change and agricultural adaptation scenarios: Prince Edward Island, Canada

D Paradis, H Vigneault, R Lefebvre… - Earth System …, 2016 - esd.copernicus.org
Nitrate (N-NO 3) concentration in groundwater, the sole source of potable water in Prince
Edward Island (PEI, Canada), currently exceeds the 10 mg L-1 (N-NO 3) health threshold for …

Site-specific machine learning predictive fertilization models for potato crops in Eastern Canada

Z Coulibali, AN Cambouris, SÉ Parent - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Statistical modeling is commonly used to relate the performance of potato (Solanum
tuberosum L.) to fertilizer requirements. Prescribing optimal nutrient doses is challenging …