Tillage and N application rates affect on corn and soybean yields and NO 3-N leaching losses

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1189-1198

  Bakhsh, Allah ^a,b   Kanwar, Rameshwar S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chisel plow; Manure; No till; Subsurface drainage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHISEL PLOW; MINERALIZATION; NO-TILL; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE; TILLAGE;

DRAINAGE; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LEACHING; MANURES; NITROGEN OXIDES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CROPS;

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD SURVEY; LEACHING; MAIZE; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; WATER QUALITY;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548737202     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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