How does the first year tilling a long-term no-tillage field impact soluble nutrient losses in runoff?

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 11-18

  Smith, D R ^a   Warnemuende, E A ^a   Huang, C ^a   Heathman, G C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; No tillage; Nutrients; Rotational tillage

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FERTILIZERS; INFILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

ROTATIONAL TILLAGE (RT); SOYBEAN ROTATION; TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL NITROGEN; ZERO TILLAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548683461     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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