Model simulation of water and nitrate movement in a level-basin under fertigation treatments

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-306

  Santos, D V ^a,c   Sousa, P L ^a   Smith, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Convective transport; Mineralization; Nitrification; NO3 N leaching; Opus model; Solute dispersion; Water and N management

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; SIMULATION; SOILS; WATER;

CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; FERTIGATION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; NITRATE; OPUS MODEL; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE DISPERSION;

PORTUGAL, SORRAIA RIVER;

EID: 0030619037     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(96)01273-5     Document Type: Article

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