Session: Symposium--Correctly Calculating Nitrogen Rates for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental Protection: Advances Towards Understanding Natural Processes Governing Nitrogen Availability

Division: SSSA Division: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

Title: Symposium--Correctly Calculating Nitrogen Rates for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental Protection: Advances Towards Understanding Natural Processes Governing Nitrogen Availability

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: Denitrification, Nitrate leaching , Nitrogen Mineralization and Nitrogen recommendation philosophies

Session Description: This first portion of a two-part symposium will focus on advances towards quantifying natural processes in the nitrogen cycle that influence generation and loss of plant-available nitrogen and the role recommendation philosophy can have on nitrogen rate values.