Soil Nitrogen Monitoring
Articles & Whitepapers
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Glyphosate and AMPA chronic risk assessment for soil biota
Glyphosate is a broad‐spectrum herbicide used widely in agriculture, horticulture, private gardens and in public infrastructure, where it is applied to areas such as road sides, railway tracks and parks to control the growth of weeds. The exposure risk from glyphosate and the primary soil metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) on representative species of earthworms, springtails, ...
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Direct steam distillation as an alternative to the illinois soil nitrogen test
Development of the Illinois Soil N Test (ISNT) has rejuvenated the search for a soil-based N test to measure potentially mineralizable soil N. Accurate quantification of amino sugar N has been ...
News
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Nitrogen soil tests - Do they always reflect what is going on?
Do soil tests always reflect what’s going on? Emphatically, NO. The usefulness of nitrogen (N) soil testing is frequently a topic of discussion in both academic and farming circles. Those for the negative generally cite variability involved in ...
Equipment & Solutions
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Portable Agriculture Soil Nitrogen Testing System
Regardless of the season, with 360 Y-DROP, you win: In 2015, mother nature threw buckets of water over much of the corn growing regions of the US. That pushed nitrogen deep into the soil – making it unavailable to the corn plant. Mid-season nitrogen application through 360 Y-DROP fed the crop at the critical time and boosted yields by an average of 13.8 bushels per acre. Four position ...