Landscape and watershed processes: Timing of phosphorus fertilizer application within an irrigation cycle for perennial pasture

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 939-946

  Bush, Belinda J ^a   Austin, Nicholas R ^b  

^a Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

INLAND WATERCOURSES;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; FILTRATION; HYPOTHESIS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LANDSCAPING; MEASUREMENT; SOIL; WATER CONTENT; AGRICULTURE; METHODOLOGY; TIME; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0035001055     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2001.303939x     Document Type: Article

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