Minimising surface water pollution resulting from farm-dairy effluent application to mole-pipe drained soils. I. An evaluation of the deferred irrigation system for sustainable land treatment in the Manawatu

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-415

  Houlbrooke, D J ^a,c   Horne, D J ^a   Hedley, M J ^a   Hanly, J A ^a   Scotter, D R ^a   Snow, V O ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Farm dairy effluent; Mole drainage; Nutrient loss; Pipe drainage; Preferential flow; Soil water balance; Spray irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DRAINAGE; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 13244258529     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2004.9513609     Document Type: Article

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