Brassica covers for nitrogen retention in the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 520-528

  Dean, Jill E ^a   Weil, Ray R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; COARSE-TEXTURED SOILS; COASTAL PLAINS; COVER CROPS; DRY MATTER PRODUCTIONS; DRY MATTERS; IN CONTROLS; LIMITED INFORMATIONS; MARYLAND; NITROGEN RETENTIONS; PORE WATERS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SECALE CEREALE; SOIL PORE WATERS; SOIL SAMPLES; UPTAKE ABILITIES;

CROPS; LEACHING; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; NITRATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVER CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; LEACHING; NITROGEN UPTAKE; RADISH; RAPESEED; RYE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS VAR. NIGER; SECALE CEREALE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; BRASSICA NAPUS; MARYLAND; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RAPHANUS; SEASONS; SECALE CEREALE; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 63449087051     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0066     Document Type: Article

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