Phosphorus and nitrogen leaching before and after tillage and urea application

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 560-571

  Han, Kun ^b,g   Kleinman, Peter J A ^a   Saporito, Lou S ^a   Church, Clinton ^a   McGrath, Joshua M ^c   Reiter, Mark S ^d   Tingle, Shawn C ^e   Allen, Arthur L ^f   Wang, L Q ^b   Bryant, Ray B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^g SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; LEACHING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; UREA; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; COASTAL PLAIN; LEACHATE WATER; MACROPORE FLOW; NITROGEN LEACHING; QUALITY CONCERNS; SIMULATED TILLAGE; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NO TILLAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SANDY LOAM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE SOIL; TILLAGE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84925388106     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.08.0326     Document Type: Article

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