Winter cover crops as a best management practice for reducing nitrogen leaching

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Ritter, W F ^a   Scarborough, R W ^b   Chirnside, A E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Loamy sand soil; Reduced nitrogen leaching; Winter cover crop

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN;

COVER CROP; LEACHING; MITIGATION; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; CROP; LEACHING; LEGUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WATER ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EID: 0032414564     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(98)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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