CRACK-NP: A pesticide leaching model for cracking clay soils

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 183-199

  Armstrong, A C ^a   Matthews, A M ^a   Portwood, A M ^a   Leeds Harrison, P B ^b   Jarvis, N J ^c  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clay soils; Macropores; Pesticide leaching model

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; LEACHING; PESTICIDE;

EID: 0034066241     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(99)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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