Nitrogen cycling and tile drainage nitrate loss in a corn/soybean watershed

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-97

  Gentry, Lowell E ^a   David, Mark B ^a   Smith, Karen M ^a   Kovacic, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop uptake; Inorganic N; Maize; Microbial biomass N; N mineralization; Soybean

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031967437     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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