Modeling an irrigation management strategy for minimizing the leaching of atrazine

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-238

  Asare, D K ^a   Sammis, T W ^b   Smeal, D ^b   Zhang, H ^c   Sitze, D O ^b  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Agric Test and Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine leaching; Irrigation management; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 0035928013     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(00)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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