Phosphorus (P) loss from agricultural fields and watersheds has been an important water
quality issue for decades because of the critical role P plays in eutrophication. Historically …

Publisher Summary The chapter identifies phosphorus transfer (PT) as a multidisciplinary
issue and focuses areas where future research is required. Potentially mobile P (PMP) is a …

Reducing tillage intensity through the implementation of conservation practices is a way to
reach a more sustainable agriculture. Reducing tillage is indeed an efficient way to control …

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …

Survival and transport of pathogens from manure in the environment depend on a number of
complex phenomena. An important question is how the properties of such a complex …

No tillage (NT) has been proposed as a practice to reduce the adverse effects of tillage on
contaminant (eg, sediment and nutrient) losses to waterways. Nonetheless, previous reports …

Hydraulic conductivity is the single most important hydraulic parameter for flow and transport‐
related phenomena in soil, but the results from different measuring methods vary under …

Nos últimos anos, o crescimento da população mundial tem forçado o aumento da
produção de alimentos, por meio da abertura de novas fronteiras agrícolas e da …

Soil tillage is, and will remain, the guiding component of soil management and consequently
has far-reaching implications for agroecosystems. Understanding structures and functions of …

This book contains 6 chapters which aims to bridge the gap between changes in soil
properties and processes with tillage and the ensuing plant growth and yield, and to …