Evaluation of EPIC for a shallow New England soil: I. Maize yield and nitrogen uptake

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 575-583

  Warner, G S ^a,b   Stake, J D ^a   Guillard, K ^b   Neafsey, J ^c  

^a ASAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

EPIC model; Maize yield; Model verification; Nitrogen uptake

Indexed keywords

EROSION PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT CALCULATOR MODEL; GLACIAL TILL; MAIZE YIELD; NITROGEN UPTAKE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL PARAMETERS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOILS;

EROSION-PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT CALCULATOR; MAIZE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; YIELD;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031148184     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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