Assessment of tillage strategies to decrease nitrate leaching in the Brimstone Farm Experiment, Oxfordshire, UK

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 185-200

  Catt, J A ^a   Howse, K R ^a   Christian, D G ^a   Lane, P W ^a   Harris, G L ^b   Goss, M J ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct drilling; Drainflow; Leaching; Mineralisation; Nitrate loss; Shallow tillage; Surface layer flow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PLOUGHING; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; VICIA FABA;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; LEACHING; NITRATE; TILLAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034093364     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00105-1     Document Type: Article

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