Groundcover management systems influence fungicide and nitrate-N concentrations in leachate and runoff from a New York apple orchard

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-257

  Merwin, Ian A ^a   Ray, John A ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a   Boll, Jan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Benomyl (methyl 1 (butylcarbamoyl) 2 benzimidazole carbamate); Environmental impacts; Groundwater; Macropore flow; Malus domestica; Nonpoint source pollution; Pesticides; Preferential flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001025079     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.2.249     Document Type: Article

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