Dynamic model improves agronomic and environmental outcomes for maize nitrogen management over static approach

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 311-319

  Sela, Shai ^a   van Es, Harold M ^a   Moebius Clune, Bianca N ^a   Marjerison, Rebecca ^a   Moebius Clune, Daniel ^a   Schindelbeck, Robert ^a   Severson, Keith ^b   Young, Eric ^c  

^a Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

^b Cornell Cooperative Extension ^*  (United States)

^c Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

DYNAMIC SIMULATION TOOL; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MANAGEMENT INFORMATION; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

NITROGEN; RAIN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH CURVE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MAIZE; NEW YORK; SIMULATION; SOIL; WEATHER; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; NEW YORK; NITROGEN; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85015970809     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2016.05.0182     Document Type: Article

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