Losses of nitrogen fertiliser under oil palm in Papua New Guinea: 1. Water balance, and nitrogen in soil solution and runoff

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-339

  Banabas, Murom ^a,b   Turner, Max A ^b   Scotter, David R ^b   Nelson, Paul N ^c  

^a Papua New Guinea Oil Palm Research Association   (Papua New Guinea)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Infiltrability; Interception; Leaching

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDES; APPLIED (CO); DEEP DRAINAGE; FERTILISER; LEACHING LOSSES; OIL PALM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEM FLOW; SUCTION CUP; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THROUGHFALL; VOLCANIC ASH SOILS; WATER BALANCES;

SURFACE POTENTIAL;

ESSENTIAL OIL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INFILTRATION; INTERCEPTION; LEACHING; NITROGEN; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; WATER BUDGET;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 45849116849     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR07171     Document Type: Article

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