Managing agricultural phosphorus for water quality protection: Principles for progress

Plant and Soil

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 169-182

  Kleinman, Peter J A ^a   Sharpley, Andrew N ^b   McDowell, Richard W ^c   Flaten, Don N ^d   Buda, Anthony R ^a   Tao, Liang ^e   Bergstrom, Lars ^f   Zhu, Qing ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fertilizer; Manure; Nutrient management; Phosphorus; Runoff

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRONOMY; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 82555165043     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0832-9     Document Type: Article

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