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Methods to Quantify In-Field Nutrient Leaching

Bibek Acharya, Vivek Sharma, Charles Barrett, Sudeep Singh Sidhu, Lincoln Zotarelli, and Michael D. Dukes


Release Date: 6/30/2026

Reviewed At: 10/30/2022

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-ae581-2022

Water Resources

Abstract

This publication summarizes the basic concepts of three most-used NO3-N leaching quantification methods in field conditions. Written by Bibek Acharya, Vivek Sharma, Charles Barrett, Sudeep Singh Sidhu, Lincoln Zotarelli, and Michael D. Dukes, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, December 2022.

About this Publication

This document is AE581, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2022. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Bibek Acharya, graduate student, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Vivek Sharma, assistant professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Charles Barrett, former affiliate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; Sudeep Singh Sidhu, regional specialized agent, agricultural water management, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center; Lincoln Zotarelli, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; and Michael D. Dukes, professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Acharya, B., Sharma, V., Barrett, C., Sidhu, S. S., Zotarelli, L., & Dukes, M. D. (2023). Methods to Quantify In-Field Nutrient Leaching. EDIS, 2022(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae581-2022

Authors

Sudeep Sidhu
Sudeep Sidhu

former assistant professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL

Charles Barrett
Charles Barrett

affiliate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences (Brazil), former Extension agent II and water resources RSA, UF/IFAS Extension Northeast District; UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center

Vivek Sharma
Vivek Sharma
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, precision water management, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL

Lincoln Zotarelli
Lincoln Zotarelli
Specialist
University of Florida

professor and Extension specialist, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Michael Dukes
Michael Dukes
Specialist
University of Florida

director, UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Program, associate dean for special initiatives, UF/IFAS Extension, professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and director, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL

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