Mineral nitrogen in soil leachate after pig slurry application

Pig slurry is used as a fertilizer in agricultural soil. The intensification of swine breeding, along with high concentration of animals in small properties, generates great volumes of manure. Pig slurry has high nitrate content, which may contaminate surface and subsurface waters. This study aims t...

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Main Authors: Rosele Clairete dos Santos, Egon José Meurer, Verônica Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2014-07-01
Series:Bioscience Journal
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Online Access:https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/12528