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The efficacy of good practice to prevent long-term leaching losses of phosphorus from an irrigated dairy farm
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)
Phosphorus (P) can be leached from intensive land uses, including grazed dairy farming. There is some evidence to suggest that P-leaching can enrich groundwater, especially where fertiliser or farm dairy effluent P (FDE) ...
The fate of urine nitrogen: A grassland lysimeter study in Ireland
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, 2014-02)
In grazed pasture systems, the nitrogen (N) contained in a cattle urine patch may be up to 1200 kg N ha⁻¹. The majority of this N is in excess of plant requirements and is vulnerable to environmental loss. In this study, ...
Increased soil nitrogen supply enhances root-derived available soil carbon leading to reduced potential nitrification activity
(Elsevier, 2021-03)
Nitrogen (N) immobilisation by heterotrophic microorganisms is critical for reducing N losses from soils and ensuring a long-term supply of N to plants in grassland ecosystems. The supply of carbon (C) available to soil ...
Exclusion zones for variable rate nitrogen fertilisation in grazed dairy pasture systems in New Zealand
(Zenodo, 2017-10-16)
To assess the variability of total soil nitrogen (TN) on grazed and irrigated pastures, TN was quantified from spatially distinct “areas” within the paddock (irrigated and non-irrigated areas, around the gates, and around ...
A synergistic mitigation technology for nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions for pastoral agriculture
(International Nitrogen Workshop 2012., 2012)
In grazed grassland, most of the nitrate (NO3-) leaching and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions come from the animal urine-N returned to the pasture by the animal during outdoor grazing (Di and Cameron, 2002a). The N loading ...
Inhibition of ammonia oxidisers to control nitrification rate under simulated winter dairy forage grazing conditions: An incubation study
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, 2013)
The microbial process of nitrification plays a key role within the soil nitrogen cycle. Nitrification is the process where ammonia is oxidised to nitrite and then to nitrate and this process can have major negative ...
Effect of soil moisture status and animal treading on N₂O emissions and the effectiveness of a nitrification inhibitor mitigation technology
(New South Wales Department of Primary Industry, 2013-09)
Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is a potent greenhouse gas with a long term global warming potential about 298 times that of carbon dioxide (CO₂). In grazed grassland, most of the N₂O is emitted from nitrogen (N) excreted by the grazing ...
The effect of urinary nitrogen loading rate and a nitrification inhibitor on nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate grassland soil
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-12)
Nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions associated with urine nitrogen (N) deposition during grazing are a major component of greenhouse gas emissions from domestic livestock. The present study investigated the relationship between ...
Effects of nitrogen application rate and a nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide on ammonia oxidizers and N₂O emissions in a grazed pasture soil
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-11-01)
Ammonia oxidizers, including ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) are important drivers of a key step of the nitrogen cycle — nitrification, which affects the production of the potent ...
The potential of using alternative pastures, forage crops and gibberellic acid to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016-09)
© 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Purpose: In grazed pastures, nitrous oxide (N₂O), a powerful greenhouse gas and an ozone depletion substance, is mostly emitted from animal excreta, particularly animal urine-N ...