Measuring agronomic and environmental soil phosphorus saturation and predicting phosphorus leaching with Mehlich 3

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2033-2039

  Maguire, R O ^a   Sims, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS;

SATURATION MEASUREMENTS;

SOIL TESTING;

LEACHING; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; SATURATION; SOIL TEST;

EID: 0036851225     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.2033     Document Type: Article

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