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In the last two or three decades nitrogen (N) fertilizers have been applied to agricultural soils at high rates to obtain higher crop yields. The increase in the nitrate concentration in both groundwater and surface water is related to agricultural practices. The use of nitrogen fertilizers at rates higher than the rate of uptake by the plant increases the potential for increased nitrate leaching, as has been shown by Roth and Fox (1990) for nitrogen-fertilized corn.
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Moreno, F., Cabrera, F., Murillo, J.M., Fernandez, J.E., Fernandez-Boy, E., Cayuela, J.A. (1996). Nitrate Leaching under Irrigated Agriculture. In: Pereira, L.S., Feddes, R.A., Gilley, J.R., Lesaffre, B. (eds) Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8700-6_24
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