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Risks and benefits of pasture irrigation using treated municipal effluent : A lysimeter case study, Canterbury, New Zealand
(Springer, 2020-01-23)
Compared to discharge into waterways, land application of treated municipal effluent (TME) can reduce the need for both inorganic fertilizers and irrigation. However, TME irrigation may result in the accumulation of ...
Environmental parameters affecting the concentration of iodine in New Zealand pasture
(American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America & Soil Science of America, 2019-08-21)
Iodine (I) is an essential trace element commonly deficient in agricultural systems. Whereas there is much information on I in food crops, there is a lacuna of knowledge on the environmental factors that affect pasture I ...
Potential use of biosolids to reforest degraded areas with New Zealand native vegetation
(Crop Science Society of America with Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 2017-06-30)
Biosolids could potentially be used for reforestation of degraded soils in New Zealand with native vegetation. Many native plant species of New Zealand thrive in low-fertility soils, and there is scant knowledge about their ...
Trace metal mobilization by organic soil amendments: Insights gained from analyses of solid and solution phase complexation of cadmium, nickel and zinc
(Elsevier, 2018-05)
The accumulation of Cd in soils worldwide has increased the demand for methods to reduce the metal's plant bioavailability. Organic matter rich soil amendments have been shown to be effective in achieving this. However, ...
Chemical elements and the quality of mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) honey
(MDPI, 2021-07)
Soil properties in the foraging range of honeybees influence honey composition. We aimed to determine relationships between the antimicrobial properties of New Zealand mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) honey and elemental ...