Nitrate leaching under maize cropping systems in Po Valley (Italy)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-65

  Perego, Alessia ^a   Basile, Angelo ^b   Bonfante, Antonello ^b   De Mascellis, Roberto ^b   Terribile, Fabio ^b   Brenna, Stefano ^c   Acutis, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Regional Agency for Agricultural and Forestry Development   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive cropping system; Irrigation; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen fertilization; Suction cup

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITRATE; RAINFALL; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SUCTION;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84655162002     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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