Specific contributions of decaying alfalfa roots to nitrate leaching in a Kalamazoo loam soil

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-106

  Kavdir, Yasemin ^a   Rasse, Daniel P ^b   Smucker, Alvin J M ^c  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Hydraulic conductivity; Nitrate leaching; Roots; Suction lysimeters

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; LEACHING; LEGUME; NITRATE; SOIL NITROGEN;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20344365842     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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