In lettuce production, winter cover crops can decrease soil nitrate, leaching potential
The large amounts of soil nitrate that can accumulate in annual row crop production during the winter fallow period can leach during winter storms and spring irrigation. In Monterey County, 48% of the wells in the upper unconfined aquifer exceed the public health drinking water standard of 10 ppm of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1993-09-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v047n05p12 |