Tile drain losses of nitrogen and phosphorus from fields under integrated and organic crop rotations. A four-year study on a clay soil in southwest Sweden

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 434, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-89

  Stenberg, Maria ^a,b   Ulén, Barbro ^a   Söderström, Mats ^a   Roland, Björn ^b   Delin, Karl ^c   Helander, Carl Anders ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Rural Economy and Agricultural Society of Skaraborg   (Sweden)

^c Varaslättens Lagerhus ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Degree of phosphorus saturation; Leaching; Nitrogen fixation; Soil mineral nitrogen; Water nutrient balance

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; CROP ESTABLISHMENT; CROP MANAGEMENTS; CROP ROTATION; CROP SEQUENCES; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DEGREE OF PHOSPHORUS SATURATIONS; DRAINAGE WATER; DRAINED FIELDS; LEGUMINOUS CROPS; N-FIXATION; NUTRIENT LEACHING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MINERAL NITROGEN; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; THREE SYSTEMS; TILE DRAINS; WATER NUTRIENT;

CROPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEACHING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACCUMULATION; CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; TILE DRAIN; TILLAGE; WATER BUDGET;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FERTILIZATION; FLUID BALANCE; LEACHING; MANURE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS USE EFFICIENCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TILLAGE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84865175100     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.039     Document Type: Article

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