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The Topolnitsa River basin is a vulnerable agricultural area affected by mining and metallurgical pressure. Irrigation with surface waters and contrasting soil properties may increase secondary contamination. This study develops the Chemical Line of Evidence (Chem-LoE) within the TRIAD framework of an advisory system for ecological risk assessment. The focus is on riparian and floodplain agricultural soils, mainly alluvial-meadow and deluvial-meadow soils. Copper (Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd) and arseni...

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal after wheat and rice grown widely throughout the world, playing a major role in human diet or as livestock fodder. Water and nitrogen are the most limiting factors for maize grain yield and it is important to evaluate the response of maize crop to irrigation associated to N fertilization in order to obtain high yields and to prevent nitrate pollution. In this context, it was designed an experiment with the main purpose to analyze the variability of yield potential a...