Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on residual nitrate in the crop root zone and nitrate accumulation in the intermediate vadose zone

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1321-1327

  Katupitiya, A ^a   Eisenhauer, D E ^b,c   Ferguson, R B ^c   Spalding, R F ^c   Roeth, F W ^c   Bobier, M W ^d  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ASAE ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Intermediate vadose zone; Leaching; Nitrates; Root zone; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; INTERMEDIATE VADOSE ZONE; ROOT ZONE; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROPS; LEACHING; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CROP ROTATION; NITRATE; ROOT ZONE; TILLAGE; VADOSE ZONE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031239366     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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