Evaluation of EPIC for assessing crop yield, runoff, sediment and nutrient losses from watersheds with poultry litter fertilization

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-59

  Wang, X ^a   Harmel, R D ^b   Williams, J R ^a   Harman, W L ^a  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal manure; Crop yield; EPIC model; Nutrient loss; Runoff; Sediment loss; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MANURE; EPIC MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; SEDIMENT LOSS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

CROPS;

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEACHING; MANURE; NUTRIENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FARM CROPS; FERTILIZATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER SHEDS;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645449752     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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