Extending results from agricultural fields with intensively monitored data to surrounding areas for water quality management

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-71

  Heilman, P ^a   Malone, R W ^a   Ma, L ^b   Hatfield, J L ^a   Ahuja, L R ^b   Boyle, K P ^c   Kanwar, R S ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c DevTreks (A Nonprofit Organization)   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Decision support system; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Simulation model; Tile drainage; Tileflow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; IOWA; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856339112     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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