Quantifying climate and management effects on regional crop yield and nitrogen leaching in the north china plain

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1466-1479

  Fang, Q X ^a   Ma, L ^b   Yu, Q ^c   Hu, C S ^d   Li, X X ^d   Malone, R W ^e   Ahuja, L R ^b  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODEL (RZWQM2); SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LEACHING;

NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SOIL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HARVEST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; WHEAT; AGRICULTURE; CROP;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 84884973022     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.03.0086     Document Type: Article

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