Tillage and Nutrient Source Effects on Surface and Subsurface Water Quality at Corn Planting
Suling L. Zhaoa,
Satish C. Guptab,
David R. Hugginsc and
John F. Moncriefb
a Resource 21, 7257 S. Tucson Way, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112
b Dep. of Soil Water, and Climate, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
c USDA-ARS, Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164

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Fig. 1. Plot layout of the experiment on tillage and nutrient source effect on water quality of surface runoff and subsurface tile flow at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton, MN.
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Fig. 2. An example of the variation in cumulative flow and flow rate through tile lines as a function of time for moldboard plow with manure (MP*M), moldboard plow with urea (MP*U), ridge tillage with manure (RT*M), and ridge tillage with urea (RT*U) treatments on a Webster clay loam soil.
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Fig. 3. An example of the variation in sediment concentration in tile line flow as a function of time for moldboard plow with manure (MP*M), moldboard plow with urea (MP*U), ridge tillage with manure (RT*M), and ridge tillage with urea (RT*U) treatments on a Webster clay loam soil.
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Fig. 4. An example of the variation in NH+4N and NO-3N concentration in tile line flow as a function of time for moldboard plow with manure (MP*M), moldboard plow with urea (MP*U), ridge tillage with manure (RT*M), and ridge tillage with urea (RT*U) treatments on a Webster clay loam soil.
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