The effects of crop husbandry and nitrogen fertilizer on nitrate leaching from a shallow limestone soil growing a five course combinable crop rotation

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Johnson, P A ^a   Shepherd, M A ^a   Smith, P N ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Glebe Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

leaching; limestone soils; Nitrate; nitrogen fertilizers; rotations; UK

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CROP ROTATION; FERTILIZER; LEACHING; LIMESTONE SOIL; NITRATE; POTABLE WATER; ROTATION;

UK;

EID: 0030620228     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1997.tb00551.x     Document Type: Article

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