Phosphorus transport in agricultural subsurface drainage: A review

KW King, MR Williams, ML Macrae… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Effects of artificial land drainage on hydrology, nutrient and pesticide fluxes from agricultural fields–A review

A Gramlich, S Stoll, C Stamm, T Walter… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has led to a large increase in drained arable land and pastures
worldwide over the last two centuries. The installation of land drains not only affects the …

Managing agricultural phosphorus for water quality protection: principles for progress

PJA Kleinman, AN Sharpley, RW McDowell, DN Flaten… - Plant and soil, 2011 - Springer
Background The eutrophication of aquatic systems due to diffuse pollution of agricultural
phosphorus (P) is a local, even regional, water quality problem that can be found world …

Effect of tillage on macropore flow and phosphorus transport to tile drains

MR Williams, KW King, W Ford… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated phosphorus (P) concentrations in subsurface drainage water are thought to be the
result of P bypassing the soil matrix via macropore flow. The objectives of this study were to …

Interaction of soil pH and phosphorus efficacy: Long-term effects of P fertilizer and lime applications on wheat, barley, and sugar beet

S von Tucher, D Hörndl, U Schmidhalter - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Phosphorus (P), a plant macronutrient, must be adequately supplied for crop growth. In
Germany, many soils are high in plant-available P; specifically in arable farming, P fertilizer …

Connecting phosphorus loss from agricultural landscapes to surface water quality

RW McDowell, BJF Biggs, AN Sharpley… - Chemistry and …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The loss of phosphorous (P) from the landscape is commonly viewed as deleterious for
surface water quality. However, the quantities lost and the impact this can have on surface …

Particle leaching and particle‐facilitated transport of phosphorus at field scale

LW de Jonge, P Moldrup, GH Rubæk… - Vadose Zone …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Strongly sorbing compounds such as P, pesticides, and heavy metals can be transported
through soils while being adsorbed to mobile colloidal particles. While the rapid leaching of …

Assessment and synthesis of 50 years of published drainage phosphorus losses

LE Christianson, RD Harmel, D Smith… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of anthropogenic drainage systems in intensively cropped areas across
North America combined with the degradation of important freshwater resources in these …

Soil tillage methods to control phosphorus loss and potential side‐effects: A Scandinavian review

B Ulén, H Aronsson, M Bechmann… - Soil Use and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In Scandinavia high losses of soil and particulate‐bound phosphorus (PP) have been
shown to occur from tine‐cultivated and mouldboard‐ploughed soils in clay soil areas …

Fertilizer placement and tillage effects on phosphorus concentration in leachate from fine-textured soils

MR Williams, KW King, EW Duncan, LA Pease… - Soil and Tillage …, 2018 - Elsevier
Adoption of no-tillage in agricultural watersheds has resulted in substantial reductions in
sediment and particulate phosphorus (P) transport in surface runoff. No-tillage, however …