From alewand@soils.umn.edu Mon Mar 15 15:02:46 1999 Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:29:04 -0600 From: Ann Lewandowski To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: nitrogen scavenging plants ARS researchers at the University of Minnestoa, and an environmental remediation company have been using non-nodulating alfalfa to clean up an anyhdrous ammonia spill from a rail accident in North Dakota. They are using a variety called Ineffective Agate. For information, see the magazine article in the February/March 1998 issue of Soil and Groundwater Cleanup, p.11. Or contact Michael Russelle (USDA-ARS) at the University of Minnesota. -Ann Lewandowski At 07:51 PM 3/13/99 -0700, you wrote: >Dear SANETers: > I recall someone looking for a non-nodulating alfalfa for >scavenging excess nitrogen. There was much discussion about why one >would want such a plant but don't remember any such alfalfa being >reported. I just ran across a statement in Peaceful Valley's catalog >description for TriosTriticale (Triticum X Secale) which is described as >having an aggressive root system: "Use this crop to uptake excess >nitrogen." Maybe this would do the job. >--Edna > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command >"unsubscribe sanet-mg". >To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command >"subscribe sanet-mg-digest". > >All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: >http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail > > ______________________________________________ Ann M. Lewandowski NRCS Soil Quality Institute Department of Soil, Water, and Climate 1991 Upper Buford Circle University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108-6028 alewand@soils.umn.edu 612-624-6765 fax: 612-625-2208 ______________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail