Reducing fertilizer in sugarbeets can protect water quality

The loss of nutrients from fertilizers can impair surface and ground waters. Environmentally sensitive crop management requires applying only enough fertilizer to ensure economic crop yields. We found that sugarbeets grown in soils rich in organic matter in the Upper Klama...

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Main Authors: Stephen R. Kalfka, Don Kirby, Gary R. Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2001-05-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v055n03p42