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Environmental Features Important in Nonpoint Source Models — Crop Growth and Influence of Management on Soil Properties

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The movement of nutrients and pesticides in the root zone is profoundly affected by both vegetation and state of the soil surface. Thus it is important that effects of vegetation and soil state on water and solute movement be accurately represented in dynamic mathematical models of the soil environment. Two global problems that have long-term impacts on our environment, groundwater quality, and climate change are uniquely related to the soil-plant-atmosphere interface. This and the preceding chapter discuss elements of the system that must be adequately represented in simulation models if they are to be effective tools of management. In this chapter concepts of plant growth processes and the effects of land use management and tillage on soil properties are discussed. Plant or crop growth processes described include photosynthesis and light interception, respiration, translocation, root growth, nutrient uptake, plant development, and morphogenesis. Some examples of crop growth models are presented. The discussion of soil properties covers estimates of interception, depression storage, soil bulk density, and hydraulic properties as influenced by management.

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    David S. Bowles

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    P. Enda O’Connell

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DeCoursey, D.G. (1991). Environmental Features Important in Nonpoint Source Models — Crop Growth and Influence of Management on Soil Properties. In: Bowles, D.S., O’Connell, P.E. (eds) Recent Advances in the Modeling of Hydrologic Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 345. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3480-4_12

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