Soil nitrate distribution under grain and silage corn using three tillage practices on a loamy sand in southwestern Quebec

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Mehdi, B ^a   Madramootoo, C A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Grain corn; Nitrate distribution; No till; Reduced tillage; Residues; Silage corn; Soil profile

Indexed keywords

LOAMY SAND; NITRATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TILLAGE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032825357     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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