Research Applications

PRS® Probes were used to monitor plant-available nutrients under variety of environmental conditions, management practices and across diverse vineyard and orchard types. 

Examples

• Temporal changes in nitrate status of orchard soils with varying management practices.
• Foliar N application reduces soil NO₃-N leaching loss in apple orchards.
• Using commercially available ion-exchange membranes to monitor plant-available nutrients in cranberry.
• Release of available nitrogen after incorporation of a legume cover crop in Concord grape.
• Relationship between soil temperature and N release in organic and conventionally managed vineyards.