Water and nitrate loss through tiles under a clay loam soil in Ontario after 42 years of consistent fertilization and crop rotation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 121-130

  Tan, C S ^a   Drury, C F ^a   Reynolds, W D ^a   Groenevelt, P H ^b   Dadfar, H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Nitrate; Rotation; Tile drainage; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOAM; CROP ROTATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; NITRATE;

CANADA;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POA; POA PRATENSIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036889121     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00359-0     Document Type: Article

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