Nitrate potential from sludge and inorganic fertilizer in soil leachate beneath an irrigated agricultural field
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1990LCSH Subjects
Hydrology.Nitrates -- Environmental aspects.
Soils -- Leaching.
Soils, Irrigated.
Sewage sludge as fertilizer -- Environmental aspects.
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Pepper, Ian L.Metadata
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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Two sets of continuous deep soil cores were removed from a 4 hectare field during the third year of crop treatment. Samples were removed once following sludge addition and once 6 weeks later following inorganic fertilizer application and a 30 cm pre-planting irrigation. A total of 504 soil samples were analyzed for soil texture, gravimetric moisture content, electrolytical conductivity, and pH, as well as concentrations of NO₃ , Cl⁻ , NO₂, and organic C. After three annual sludge applications, soil beneath plots amended with sludge, had higher average water-extractable NO3 concentration than plots amended with inorganic fertilizer. From one sampling date to the next, the field-averaged concentration of NO₃ increased from 282 mg 1⁻¹ to 335 mg 1⁻¹ . Results suggest a trend of increasing NO₃ in the vadose zone.Type
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M.S.Degree Level
mastersDegree Program
Soil, Water and Environmental ScienceGraduate College