Impact of variable rate fertilization on nutrients losses in surface runoff for wild blueberry fields

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-185

  Saleem, Shoaib Rashid ^c   Zaman, Qamar Uz ^a   Schumann, Arnold Walter ^b   Madani, Ali ^c   Chang, Young Ki ^c   Farooque, Aitazaz A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Erodible phosphorous; Nutrients losses; Plant growth; Surface runoff; Variable rate; Wild blueberry

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; LOADING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

ERODIBLE PHOSPHOROUS; NUTRIENTS LOSS; PLANT GROWTH; SURFACE RUNOFFS; VARIABLE RATE; WILD BLUEBERRIES;

RUNOFF;

EID: 84902982102     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/aea.30.10346     Document Type: Article

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