Impacts of irrigated vegetable agriculture on a humid north-central U.S. sand plain aquifer

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 572-580

  Kraft, G J ^a   Stites, W ^a   Mechenich, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; AQUIFER; ATRAZINE; BEAN; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; PEA; PLUME; POTATO; SOYBEAN; SWEET CORN; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032798292     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01144.x     Document Type: Article

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