Options for reducing the negative effects of nitrogen in agriculture |
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Authors: | J. R. Freney CSIRO Plant Industry G.P.O. Box Canberra A.C.T. Australia |
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Affiliation: | J. R. Freney CSIRO Plant Industry,G.P.O. Box 1600,Canberra,A.C.T. 2601,Australia |
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Abstract: | After addition to farms by fertilizer, crop residues, biological fixation and animal excreta, nitrogen can be lost through gaseous emission, runoff and leaching to contaminate the atmosphere and water bodies, and cause adverse health effects. The efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen can be increased and losses reduced, by matching supply with crop demand, optimizing split application schemes, changing the form to suit the conditions, and use of slow-release fertilizers and inhibitors. In addition, agronomic practices such as higher plant densities, weed and pest control and balanced fertilization with other nutrients can also increase efficiency of nitrogen use. Efficiency of use by animals can be increased by diet manipulation. Feeding dairy cattle low degradable protein and high starch diets, and grazing sheep and cattle on grasses high in water soluble carbohydrate result in less nitrogen excretion in urine and reduced ammonia volatilization. |
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Keywords: | options for reducing the negative effects nitrogen in agriculture. |
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