Nitrate and water present in and flowing from root-zone soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 709-719

  Weed, D A J ^a   Kanwar, R S ^b  

^a Weed Engineering   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DRAINAGE; FERTILIZERS; FLOW OF WATER; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ROTATION; SOILS; WATER;

CHISEL PLOW; MOLDBOARD PLOW; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE;

WATER QUALITY;

GROUND WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOYBEAN; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030199784     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500040010x     Document Type: Article

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