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Intensification of agriculture in order to increase efficiency and economic profitability brings about an increase in the input of foreign substances into the soil and surface water. The outflow of mineral fertilizers and pesticide residues can have a negative effect on organisms in the environment. High doses of fertilizers and pesticides also harm the quality of surface water, which is used for drinking water production. As a part of the research of a small sub-mountain agricultural catchment area, the specific ...

In the last few years, the climate change has become more and more apparent. In this time the Central European region has experienced disruption of the precipitation layout, serious storms, heatwaves and droughts. Primarily the droughts have let people feel the need for stable and predictable environment. This problem has usually been addressed as a global effort to reduce the production of greenhouse gases, omitting the option of adjusting the environment on much smaller scale. For mitigating the effects of globa...

The outflow of inorganic fertilizers from arable land is one of the main sources of surface water pollution. The pollution can be reduced by precise dosing of inorganic fertilizers according to the momentary nutrition need of the cultivated crops. The exact dose of fertilizer can vary considerably from one area to another as the soil conditions can be very variable even in the scope of a single field. The spectral properties of cultivated crops can be used for the calculation of precise doses of fertilizer. In our...