Measurement of fertilizer leaching from the root zone using an automated infiltration soil water sampler in an unsaturated sandy field

• Published in: Soil science and plant nutrition (Tokyo) Vol. 51; no. 7; pp. 1023 - 1033
• Main Authors: Higashi, N.(Tottori Univ. (Japan). Arid Land Research Center), Mori, Y, Inoue, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.2005; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: ABONOS; AGUA DEL SUELO; AUTOMATION; AUTOMATISATION; AUTOMATIZACION; EAU DU SOL; ECHANTILLONNAGE; ENGRAIS; fertilizer leaching; FERTILIZERS; infiltration water sampling; LEACHING; LESSIVAGE DU SOL; LIXIVIACION; LOSSES FROM SOIL; MEASUREMENT; MEDICION; MESURE; monitoring; MUESTRA; PERDIDAS DESDE SUELOS; PERTE PAR LE SOL; SAMPLING; sandy field; SANDY SOILS; SOIL WATER; SOL SABLEUX; SUELO ARENOSO

In sandy fields with vegetable cultivation, fertilizer leaching may occur and it should be well-controlled. The development of a direct soil water sampler is necessary to examine solute transport and fertilizer leaching in the vadose zone, since soil water reflects timely monitoring of data more acc...