An improved model of nitrogen release for surface-applied controlled-release fertilizer

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2043-2050

  Fujinuma, Ryosuke ^a   Balster, Nick J ^a   Norman, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED-RELEASE FERTILIZERS; EMPIRICAL TEMPERATURES; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; IMPROVED MODELS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEAST SQUARES; MODEL ESTIMATES; NITROGEN RELEASE; PARAMETERIZED; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; T-MODEL; TIME CONSTANTS; TREE NURSERIES;

EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; UREA;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 72449147724     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0085     Document Type: Article

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