Short-term soil nutrient impact in a real-time drain field soil moisture-controlled SDI wastewater disposal system

Irrigation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-67

  He, Jiajie ^a   Dougherty, Mark ^a   Arriaga, Francisco J ^b   Fulton, John P ^a   Wood, Charles W ^c   Shaw, Joey N ^c   Lange, Clifford R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; CROP GROWTH; DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; DRAIN FIELDS; HOUSTON; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PARALLEL CONTROL; PHOSPHORUS LEACHING; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SOIL CORES; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; TEST SITE; VERTISOLS;

CROPS; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBIRRIGATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

CRACKING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; VERTISOL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871932398     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-011-0292-2     Document Type: Article

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