Simulating long-term impacts of winter rye cover crop on hydrologic cycling and nitrogen dynamics for a corn-soybean crop system

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1575-1588

  Qi, Z ^a,d   Helmers, M J ^b   Malone, R W ^c   Thorp, K R ^c  

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

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Biosystems Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn soybean rotation; Hydrology; Nitrogen; RZWQM2; Subsurface drainage; Winter rye

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATIONS; COVER CROPS; CROP YIELD; FIELD DATA; LONG TERM SIMULATION; N IMMOBILIZATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; RZWQM2; SOIL WATER STORAGE; STANDARD ERRORS; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WINTER RYE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; ROTATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CROPS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IMMOBILIZATION; LYSIMETER; MAIZE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; SECALE CEREALE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 81755186942     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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