Manureshed management key to Chesapeake Bay cleanup
By avoiding steep slopes for application, phosphorus-based nutrient balance scenarios simulated reduction in total phosphorus loss in excess of 25%.
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By avoiding steep slopes for application, phosphorus-based nutrient balance scenarios simulated reduction in total phosphorus loss in excess of 25%.
Penn State senior Elka Hoelsken is exploring environmental and natural resource issues as a student in the Environmental Resource Management program.
E-Mail IMAGE: In the simulations, hay was reallocated onto landscapes most vulnerable to erosion and nutrient loss, such as the areas near streams, whereas corn-soybean rotations were reallocated onto less vulnerable areas.... view more Credit: Patrick Drohan, Penn State Growing the right crop in the right place within an impaired watershed can achieve significant water quality improvements, according to Penn State researchers, who conducted a novel study in the drainage of a Susquehanna River tributary in an agricultural area in southeastern Pennsylvania. The research may reveal ...