Water balance and nitrate leaching under corn in kura clover living mulch

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1169-1178

  Ochsner, Tyson E ^a,c   Albrecht, Kenneth A ^b   Schumacher, Todd W ^c   Baker, John M ^c   Berkevich, Robert J ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dep of Agronomy   (United States)

^c Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN SILAGE; FERTILIZER RATES; KURA CLOVER; LIVING MULCH; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE-N; NO-TILL; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER STORAGE; WATER BALANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

NITRATES;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954252834     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0523     Document Type: Article

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