The effect of nitrogen, water and alley management strategies on nitrate and water loss from the root zone in perennial red raspberry.

Groundwater nitrate (NO₃⁻) contamination is a growing, global concern. The Abbotsford Aquifer is vulnerable to NO₃⁻ contamination with its high NO₃⁻ levels, in large part, linked to intensive agriculture, including the production of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.). This study examined the impacts...

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Main Author: Kuchta, Shawn Hermanus
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43534