Use of the APSIM wheat model to predict yield, drainage, and NO3/- leaching for a deep sand

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-377

  Asseng, S ^a   Fillery, I R P ^a,b   Anderson, G C ^b   Dolling, P J ^c   Dunin, F X ^a   Keating, B A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inorganic N; Lupin wheat rotations; Mineralization; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CROPPING SYSTEM; DRAINAGE; LEACHING; NITRATE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031935135     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A97095     Document Type: Article

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