Nitrogen leaching in an upland cropping system on an acid soil in subtropical China: Lysimeter measurements and simulation

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-303

  Sun, Bo ^a   Chen, Deli ^b   Li, Yong ^b   Wang, Xingxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monsoon climate; Nitrate leaching; Peanut oilseed rape rotation

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; CROP ROTATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDNUT; GROWTH RATE; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; MONSOON; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL NITROGEN; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 46249107612     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-008-9164-4     Document Type: Article

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