Monitoring of nitrate leaching in sandy soils: Comparison of three methods

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 953-962

  Zotarelli, Lincoln ^a   Scholberg, Johannes M ^a   Dukes, Michael D ^b   Muñoz Carpena, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE LEACHING; NUTRIENT-HOLDING CAPACITIES; SOIL CORING;

CROPS; IRRIGATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS;

LEACHING;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; PEPPER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SQUASH; TOMATO;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; SOIL; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34447304646     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0292     Document Type: Article

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