Nitrate-nitrogen losses through subsurface drainage under various agricultural land covers

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1578-1585

  Qi, Zhiming ^a   Helmers, Matthew J ^a   Christianson, Reid D ^a   Pederson, Carl H ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN YIELDS; COVER CROPS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; EARLY-TO-LATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FARMING PRACTICES; GRAIN YIELD; KURA CLOVER; LAND COVER; LIVING MULCH; LOSS REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NITRATE NITROGEN; SECALE CEREALE; SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.]; SPRING-IN; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SURFACE WATER BODY; WEATHER PATTERNS;

AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; DRAINAGE; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SURFACE WATERS;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CLOVER; HUMAN; MAIZE; NITRATE NITROGEN LOSS; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; RYE; SOYBEAN; SPRING; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 80053101993     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0151     Document Type: Article

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