Nitrogen

...outfall. The Manawatu was affected by leaching farm nutrient and treated town sewage, Dr Young said. "Agricultural use is most of it; nitrogen runoff, mainly." Other factors were the shallowness and width of the slow-moving river, which...

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DairyNZ says it makes good economic sense for farmers to consider applying nitrogen for summer feed. "A nitrogen application during December and January is required to convert perennial ryegrass plants from seed head producers back to...

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...year, there has been far more emphasis on including clover in grass mixtures. A clover rich sward can add between 150 to 200kgs of natural nitrogen to simultaneously boost yield and reduce expenditure. Best said he was also concerned with...

The four tanks in the lower left have a content of 14,700 cu m each, filled with biofuel (Fig. 3). If nitrogen inerting is planned and if the nitrogen is provided in liquid form, the cooling power of the nitrogen can be used for exhaust air...

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...provide the raw material for the fungus they grow as food. "But plant-feeding insects are known to be nitrogen limited and the plant biomass nitrogen is lower than what the insects need for survival," said Currie. Enter the nitrogen-fixing...

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...and Vilmorin's genetic resources enables the development of high-yielding wheat that could require about half the amount of nitrogen fertilizer as conventional crops, offering economic benefits to growers and a measurable positive...

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...by raising leafcutter colonies in airtight boxes. The soil in the boxes contained normal nitrogen. But the nitrogen in the airwas replaced with a nitrogen atom with a different number of neutrons, called an isotope. By measuring the levels...

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...said Mike Silverstein, manager of planning and policy for the Colorado air pollution control division. The nitrogen comes from nitrogen oxide, whose sources include vehicle and power plant emissions, and ammonium, whose sources include...

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...University, and co-author of the study. 'It allows us to finally understand the dynamics of nitrogen in arid systems,' he added. Available nitrogen is second only to water as the biggest constraint to biological activity in arid...

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...address are transmitted to the recipient. Otherwise, it is considered private information; see Privacy policy. DENVER - Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky...

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