Using the Late Spring Nitrate Test to Reduce Nitrate Loss within a Watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 669-677

  Jaynes, D B ^a   Dinnes, D L ^a   Meek, D W ^a   Karlen, D L ^a   Cambardella, C A ^a   Colvin, T S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE (AR) MODELS; LATE SPRING NITRATE TEST (LSNT);

NITRATES;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CORN; CROP MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; SPRING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1642360883     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.6690     Document Type: Article

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