Modeling of water flow and nitrate transport under surface drip fertigation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 627-637

  Li, J ^a   Zhang, J ^b   Rao, M ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Fertigation; Nitrate; Simulation; Transport; Water

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTING;

FERTIGATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; SANDY SOIL; WETTING DIMENSION;

IRRIGATION;

DRIP IRRIGATION; MODELING; NITRATE;

FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITRATES; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTING;

EID: 20044369195     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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