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  • Measure of age in soil nitrogen could help precision agriculture

    Jul 25, 2016 9:30 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Professor Praveen Kumar and graduate student Dong K. Woo. Photo by Brian Stauffer

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    • Professor Praveen Kumar and graduate student Dong K. Woo. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    Illinois engineers developed a model to calculate the age of nitrogen in corn and soybean fields, which could lead to improved fertilizer application techniques to promote crop growth while reducing leaching.