Hydropedological processes and their implications for nitrogen availability to corn

Geoderma

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 111-122

  Zhu, Q ^a   Schmidt, J P ^b   Lin, H S ^a   Sripada, R P ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Matric potential; Precision agriculture; Soil texture; Soil water content; Subsurface flow; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN PRODUCTION; CORN RESPONSE; FLOOD PLAINS; GRAIN YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HOLDING CAPACITY; INORGANIC SOILS; LATERAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; N AVAILABILITY; N CONTENT; N FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY; PLANT BIOMASS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CLAY MINERALS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUN; TEXTURES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

WATER CONTENT;

ARABLE LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; FERTILIZER; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; MAIZE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70450223689     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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