Nitrate leaching assessment in a long-term experiment under supplementary irrigation in humid Argentina

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1361-1372

  Aparicio, V ^a   Costa, J L ^a   Zamora, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ceramic soil water suction samplers; Drainage losses; Groundwater quality; LEACH W model; Water and fertilizer management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; UREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIUM NITRATES; ARGENTINA; CERAMIC SOIL-WATER SUCTION SAMPLERS; CROP FERTILIZATIONS; CROP GROWTHS; DRAINAGE VOLUMES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH RATES; HUMID AREAS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; N FERTILIZER USE EFFICIENCIES; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE TRANSPORTS; NITROGEN LOSSES; PROC MIXED; RANDOMIZED COMPLETE BLOCKS; REPEATED MEASURES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SOLUTIONS; WATER SUCTIONS; ZEA MAYS L.;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MAIZE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRATE; SOIL WATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55249088285     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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