Soil water dynamics under various agricultural land covers on a subsurface drained field in north-central Iowa, USA

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-674

  Qi, Zhiming ^a   Helmers, Matthew J ^a   Kaleita, Amy L ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Kura clover; Perennial forage; Rye cover crop; Soil water dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DRAINED FIELDS; GROWING SEASON; KURA CLOVER; LAND COVER; LIVING MULCH; NITROGEN DEPLETION; PERENNIAL FORAGE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RYE COVER CROP; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATER INFILTRATION;

CROPS; DRAINAGE; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDFORMS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HERB; LAND COVER; MAIZE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78651426666     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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