Document Type

Other

Publication Date

8-1-1988

Keywords

drought, salt affects, nitrate nitrogen soil tests, crop residues

Extension Number

ExEx 8042

Department

Plant Science

Description

Nitrate nitrogen soil test levels will be higher due to drought conditions. In addition to the nitrate that was in soil in spring, many fields received fertilizer and accumulated additional nitrate from the breakdown of crop residues and organic matter during the dry season. Very little of this nitrogen is removed by crops during a dry year as compared to an average year (Table 1).

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