Soil type, crop and irrigation technique affect nitrogen leaching to groundwater
Many groundwater resource in California are degraded by high concentrations of nitrate, most of which was transported to the groundwater in water percolating below the root zone of agricultural fields. Factors that affect the rate of water percolation - including soil type, crop and irrigation - alo...
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Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2013-10-01
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Series: | California Agriculture |
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Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.E.v067n04p231 |