Soil-test N recommendations augmented with PEST-optimized RZWQM simulations

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1711-1723

  Malone, R W ^a   Jaynes, D B ^a   Ma, L ^a   Nolan, B T ^b   Meek, D W ^a   Karlen, D L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; APPLICATION RATES; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CROP UPTAKE; FIELD-MEASURED DATA; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LONG TERM SIMULATION; N DYNAMICS; N FERTILIZERS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PAIRED WATERSHEDS; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; ROOT ZONE; ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODELS; SEASON PRECIPITATION; SEASON TEMPERATURE; SINGLE SPRING; STATISTICAL MODELS; TERM FIELD;

FERTILIZERS; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRECIPITATION; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPRING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; SOIL;

JUGLANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77957882692     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0425     Document Type: Article

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