Subsurface drainage and water quality: The illinois experience

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1651-1656

  Kalita, Prasanta K ^a   Cooke, Richard A C ^a   Anderson, Stephen M ^a   Hirschi, Michael C ^a   Mitchell, J Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Hydrology; Nitrate N; Tile drain; Water table management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NITRATE-N; TILE DRAIN; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT;

DRAINAGE; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE; GROWTH RATE; INFILTRATION; LEACHING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; TILE DRAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248951256     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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