Subsurface Drain Losses of Water and Nitrate following Conversion of Perennials to Row Crops
David R. Hugginsa,
Gyles W. Randallb and
Michael P. Russellec
a USDA-ARS, Land Management and Water Conserv. Res. Unit, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-6421
b Univ. of Minnesota Southern Res. and Outreach Center, Waseca, MN 56093
c Plant Science Res. Unit, USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, St. Paul, MN 55108-6028

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Fig. 1. Relationship between water supply (Ws) and subsurface drainage (Wsd) for cropping systems in phase one (19891993) and after conversion of CRP and ALF in phase two (19941996)
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Fig. 2. Cropping system effects on soil profile distribution of residual fall NO3N (03.0 m)
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Fig. 3. Cropping system effects on flow volumes, flow-weighted NO3N concentrations, and NO3N losses through subsurface drains. Data are reported for only those months when subsurface drainage occurred
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