Nitrate leaching through climatologic water balance in a fertigated coffee plantation

Nitrate losses from soil profiles by leaching should preferentially be monitored during high rainfall events and during irrigation when fertilizer nitrogen applications are elevated. Using a climatologic water balance, based on the models of Thornthwaite and Penman Monteith for potential evapotransp...

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Main Authors: Rafael Pivotto Bortolotto, Isabeli Pereira Bruno, Durval Dourado-Neto, Luís Carlos Timm, Adilson Nunes da Silva, Klaus Reichardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal De Viçosa 2013-12-01
Series:Revista Ceres
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2013000600006&lng=en&tlng=en