Until recently the inorganic anions nitrate (NO 3 −) and nitrite (NO 2 −) were considered inert end products of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and unfavorable dietary constituents.However, a new ...

A new study by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality found nitrate levels have continued to rise across the Lower ...

This is a differential medium. It is used to determine if an organism is capable of reducing nitrate (NO 3-) to nitrite (NO 2-) or other nitrogenous compounds via the action of the enzyme nitratase ...

Denitrification is the process that converts nitrate to nitrogen gas ... increases in nitrogen can often lead to anoxia (no oxygen) or hypoxia (low oxygen), altered biodiversity, changes in ...

Wary of a new federal administration that seeks more environmental deregulation, several groups are suing the state ...

At full rates (1-1 1/4 lb. N./bu. yield), however, there is no difference in response between the two times of application. Ammonium nitrate is a 50-50 mixture of ammonium and nitrate nitrogen.

In the second of his four-part series, Edward Burgess of Teagasc explains how different soils can leach more nitrogen to ...