Water quality modeling of fertilizer management impacts on nitrate losses in tile drains at the field scale

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 296-307

  Nangia, V ^a   Gowda, P H ^b   Mulla, D J ^c   Sands, G R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b USDA CPRL ARS ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES;

FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT; NITRATE LOSSES; TILE DRAINS; WATER QUALITY MODELING;

WATER QUALITY;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPLAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PASTURELAND; SIMULATION; SPRING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; FERTILIZERS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOYBEANS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40849111505     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0224     Document Type: Article

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