Effectiveness of RZWQM for simulating alternative great plains cropping systems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1183-1193

  Anapalli, Saseendran S ^a   Nielsen, David C ^a   Ma, Liwang ^a   Ahuja, Lajpat R ^a   Vigil, Merle F ^a   Halvorson, Ardell D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NO-TILL (NT); ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR (RMSE); ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODEL (RZWQM);

CROPS;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SIMULATION; SOIL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23744490877     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0019     Document Type: Article

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