Abstract
Nitrogen fertilisation has agronomic, economic and environmental implications. Maximising yields is a primary objective for farmers. Both they and technicians ask simple and easy to use tools to protect groundwater against nitrate leaching. This is the reason why CRPA decided to develop a dynamic Internet service (Sim.Ba-N, Bortolazzo et al., 2009) to
determine N recommendations based on the Simplified N Balance Sheet adopted in the Emilia-Romagna region (Northern Italy). The objective of this research was to test the reliability of the N-balance method through a territory-wide network of trials, where nitrate
levels in soils were determined over time in order to relate them to the amount of fertiliser applied and the crop yields obtained. The research was carried out as part of the LIFE OptiMa-N Project, conducted by CRPA and partially funded by the European Commission.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Connecting different scales of nitrogen in agriculture |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| Event | 16th N-Workshop Connecting different scales of nitrogen use in agriculture - Torino, Italy Duration: 28 Jun 2009 → 1 Jul 2009 |
Workshop
| Workshop | 16th N-Workshop Connecting different scales of nitrogen use in agriculture |
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| City | Torino, Italy |
| Period | 28/6/09 → 1/7/09 |
Keywords
- Environment
- Leaching
- N fertilization
- Nitrates
- Pollution
- ambiente
- fertilizzazione azotata
- inquinamento
- lisciviazione
- nitrati
