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Soil water dynamics under various agricultural land covers on a subsurface drained field in north-central Iowa, USA

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  • Qi, Zhiming
  • Helmers, Matthew J.
  • Kaleita, Amy L.

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Modification of land cover systems is being studied in subsurface drained Iowa croplands due to their potential benefits in increasing soil water and nitrogen depletion thus reducing drainage and NO3-N loss in the spring period. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of modified land covers on soil water dynamics. In each individual year, modified land covers including winter rye-corn (rC), winter rye-soybean (rS), kura clover as a living mulch for corn (kC), and perennial forage (PF), as well as conventional corn (C) and soybean (S), were grown in subsurface drained plots in north-central Iowa. Results showed that subsurface drainage was not reduced under modified land covers in comparison to conventional corn and soybean. Soil water storage (SWS) was significantly reduced by PF treatments during the whole growing seasons and by kC during May through July when compared to the cropping system with corn or soybean only (pÂ

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  • Qi, Zhiming & Helmers, Matthew J. & Kaleita, Amy L., 2011. "Soil water dynamics under various agricultural land covers on a subsurface drained field in north-central Iowa, USA," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(4), pages 665-674, February.
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