The application of nitrogen fertilizers accounts for the majority of N2O emissions in the United States.
Not exact matches
In an effort to reduce the amount
of nitrogen getting into bays and other water bodies and to protect groundwater, Suffolk County Legislator Bill Lindsay (D - Holbrook) has introduced a measure aimed at reducing the
application of fertilizer.
The large - scale
application of nitrogenous
fertilizers generated via
nitrogen fixing is already detectable in sediments remote from civilization, the scientists noted.
The paper didn't fail to mention what we have reported on before, that corn farming for ethanol using management practices such as commercial
fertilizer application, mechanical tillage, and intensive drainage is the most important driver
of this increase in
nitrogen pollution.
They believed that
applications in western Canada were less likely, given the relatively good efficiency
of nitrogen fertilizer use in this region (by such techniques as banding).
An agronomist with the company reported to us that their main interest in such
fertilizers was for
applications in developing and / or tropical countries, where present use
of nitrogen fertilizers is, in many cases, relatively inefficient (e.g., rice production).
One possible
application could be in zero tillage systems, where coated
nitrogen fertilizer might allow considerably higher rates
of fertilizer to be applied close to the seed.
Farms with heavy
application of nitrogen - rich
fertilizers end up emitting NOx through microbial processes.