Groundwater quality and nitrogen use efficiency in Nebraska's Central Platte River Valley

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 449-459

  Ferguson, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; NITRATES; RIVERS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONTROLLED RELEASE; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER NITRATES; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; PARTIAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; SPRINKLER IRRIGATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

EID: 84925444603     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.02.0085     Document Type: Article

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