The effect of water table management on water quality under sandy loam and clay loam soils at the farm scale

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2012, ASABE 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 402-420

  Tan, C S ^a   Ng, H Y F ^b   Zhang, T Q ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Controlled drainage; Nitrate N; Phosphorus; Potassium; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; POTASSIUM; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

CDS; CLAY LOAM SOILS; CLAY LOAMS; CONTROLLED DRAINAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; EFFECT OF WATER; FARM SCALE; K-MEANS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE-N; NO TILLAGE; NUTRIENT LOSS; ONTARIO; SANDY LOAMS; SANDY SOILS; TILE DRAINAGE; TILLAGE; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLES;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 84871755199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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