Research Article

Nitrate-Nitrogen Leaching and Modeling in Intensive Agriculture Farmland in China

Table 3

Simulated soil water leaching and soil water storage variation under different planting systems.

Planted typePrecipitation + irrigation
(mm)
Soil water leaching
(mm)
Soil water storage
(mm)

Grape orchard
Vegetable base
Conventional farmland
Planted typeFertilizer usage
(kg·hm−2)
Leaching loss for NO3-N (kg·hm−2)Leaching rate for NO3-N (%)
Grape orchard
Vegetable base
Conventional farmland

Noted: + means that the soil water storage increases; − means that the soil water storage decreases.