Managing tile drainage, subirrigation, and nitrogen fertilization to enhance crop yields and reduce nitrate loss

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1193-1204

  Drury, C F ^a   Tan, C S ^a   Reynolds, W D ^a   Welacky, T W ^a   Oloya, T O ^a   Gaynor, J D ^a  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; CDS; CLAY LOAM SOILS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CROP YIELD; FERTILIZATION RATES; GLYCINE MAX; GROWING SEASON; N FERTILIZERS; NITRATE LOSS; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TILE DRAINAGE;

CLAY MINERALS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOILS; SUBIRRIGATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLAY; CORN; HARVEST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND DRAINAGE; LOAM SOIL; NONHUMAN; SOYBEAN; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; SOIL; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 66649087207     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0036     Document Type: Article

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