List price   € 59     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Conveners   C. Rahn, M. Fink  Editors   C.R. Rahn, R.D. Lillywhite, S. De Neve, M. Fink, C. Ramos  Publication date   18 October 2001  ISBN   978-90-66059-74-0  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   33  Volumes   1  Place   Potsdam, Germany  Online articles: PREFACE (C. Rahn) THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NITROGEN IN FIELD VEGETABLE PRODUCTION (J.J. Neeteson, O.T. Carton) HEALTH EFFECTS OF NITRATES AND NITRITES, A REVIEW (A. boink, G. Speijers) A COMPARISON OF FERTILISER RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS FOR CAULIFLOWERS IN EUROPE (C. Rahn, S. De Neve, B. Bath, V. Bianco, M. Dachler, C. Cordovil, M. Fink, C. Gysi, G. Hofman, M. Koivunen, L. Panagiotopoulos, D. Poulain, C. Ramos, H. Riley, H. Setatou, J. Sorensen, H. Titulaer, U. Weier) NIL-N-PLOTS: A SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF THE NITROGEN TOP DRESSING OF VEGETABLES (U. Weier, U. van Riesen, H-C. Scharpf) INFLUENCE OF Nmin TARGET VALUES ON FERTILISER NEED, YIELD AND Nmin RESIDUES IN ASPARAGUS (ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS L.) (P. Paschold, B. Artelt, G. Hermann) EFFECTS OF AMMONIUM DEPOT (CULTAN) FERTILISATION ON PLANT AND SOIL NITRATE CONTENT AND METABOLISM OF KOHLRABI PLANTS (M. Blanke, W. Bacher) 15N FERTILIZER USE EFFICIENCY BY SPINACH GROWN UNDER PORTUGUESE FIELD CONDITIONS (C. Carranca, A. Soares da Silva, M. Fernandes, J. Varela) CHARACTERIZATION OF CURRENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WITH HIGH RISK OF NITRATE CONTAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN SPAIN (C. Gimenez, E. Diaz, F. Rosado, A. Garcia-Ferrer, M. Sanchez, M. Parra, M. Díaz, F. Peña) EFFECTS OF AMMONIUM-STABILIZED N-FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF VEGETABLES (R. Hähndel, W. Zerulla) EFFICIENCY OF FOLIAR NUTRITION OF FIELD VEGETABLES GROWN AT DIFFERENT NITROGEN RATES (E. Kolota, M. Osinska) PLANT-SAP ANALYSIS IN VEGETABLES - A TOOL TO DECIDE ON NITROGEN TOP DRESSING (D. Matthäus, C. Gysi) EFFECTS OF DIRECT FILM CROP COVER AND TOP DRESS NITROGEN ON EARLINESS AND YIELD OF BROCCOLI CROP(BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA PLENK) (I. Mourão, M. Brito) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTIVATION MANAGEMENT AND NITROGEN SUPPLY ON THE GROWTH OF WATERMELONS (K. Murakami, Y. Araki) EFFECTS OF NITROGEN FERTIGATION ON GROWTH, YIELD, QUALITY AND LEAF NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF MELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) (L. Panagiotopoulos) THE EFFECT OF FORM AND PLACEMENT OF N ON YIELD AND NITRATE CONTENT OF WHITE CABBAGE (W. Sady, R. Wojciechowska, S. Rozek) LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA L.) AND CABBAGE (BRASSICA OLERACEA L.VAR. CAPITATA L.) GROWTH IN SOIL MIXED WITH MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOST AND PAPER MILL SLUDGE COMPOSTED WITH BARK (L.M. Brito) FERTILISING VALUE AND MINERALISATION OF NITROGEN FROM ORGANIC FERTILISERS (POT AND INCUBATION EXPERIMENTS) (C. Cordovil, F. Cabral, M. Dachler) EFFECT OF SOIL AERATION ON NITROGEN AVAILABILITY AND GROWTH OF SELECTED VEGETABLES-PRELIMINARY RESULTS (H. Heuberger, J. Livet, W. Schnitzler) GASEOUS N LOSSES FROM FIELD CROPS (G. Hofman, O. Van Cleemput) NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN INTENSIVE VEGETABLE CROP ROTATION INFLUENCED BY ORGANIC FERTILISATION (R. Mihelic, M. Jakse) THE USE OF LIVING OR SURFACE MULCH TO SUPPLY NUTRIENTS AND CONTROL WEEDS IN ORGANIC VEGETABLE GROWING (H. Riley, L.O. Brandsaeter) EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIC NITROGEN FERTILIZATION OF POTATO IN NORTHEAST PORTUGAL (A. Rodriguez, J. Coutinho, F. Martins) EFFECT OF EARLY AND LOCALISED NITROGEN FERTILISATION ON GROWTH, YIELD, EARLINESS AND FERTILISER USE EFFICIENCY OF FIELD EGGPLANT (A. Rosati, V. Magnifico) SEASONAL PATTERNS OF N UPTAKE IN EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) GROWN WITH DIFFERENT N FERTIGATION LEVELS (A. Rosati, A. Troisi) ROOT GROWTH AND SOIL NITROGEN DEPLETION BY ONION, LETTUCE, EARLY CABBAGE AND CARROT (K. Thorup-Kristensen) COMPUTER MODELS AS TOOLS FOR INTERPRETING FIELD EXPERIMENTAL DATA: CASE STUDIES ON THE MINERALISATION OF N FROM CROP RESIDUES AND THE RESPONSE OF LETTUCE TO N FERTILISER (I.G. Burns, C.R. Rahn, G.D. Bending, M. Hardgrave, A. Lee) THE EVALUATION OF NITROGEN EFFECT ON LETTUCE QUALITY BY MEANS OF DESCRIPTIVE SENSORY PROFILING (L.F. D'Antuono, R. Neri) THE USE OF A GIS - N MODEL SYSTEM TO ASSESS NITRATE LEACHING IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS (J. de Paz, C. Ramos) TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY FOR MONITORING SOIL NITROGEN DYNAMICS (S. De Neve, G. Hofman) SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AVAILABLE SOIL NITROGEN IN AUSTRIA (M. Dachler) ROOT DEVELOPMENT OF CELERY MEASURED WITH MINIRHIZOTRONS AND CORE SAMPLING (C. Feller, M. Fink) IDENTIFICATION OF ACCESSIONS SHOWING LOW NITRATE ACCUMULATION IN A GERMPLASM COLLECTION OF GARDEN BEET (D. Grzebelus, R. Baranski) A REVIEW OF METHODS FOR NITRATE LEACHING MEASUREMENT (C. Ramos, M. Kücke)