Modeling and testing of the effect of tillage, cropping and water management practices on nitrate leaching in clay loam soil

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-131

  Ng, H Y F ^a   Drury, C F ^b   Serem, V K ^c   Tan, C S ^b   Gaynor, J D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled drainage; Modelling; Nitrate; Subirrigation; Tile drainage; Water table management

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOAM; CROPPING PRACTICE; LEACHING; NITRATE; TILLAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 0033985543     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(99)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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