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<br />"Successive" crop rotation
<br />1982 wheat 655 556 -99 -0.18 655 556 -99 ~0.18
<br />1983 Sugar beeta 1029 1247 218 0.18 1684 1803 119 0.07
<br />1983 melons 427 627 201 0.32 2111 2431 320 0.13
<br />1984 wheat 688 833 145 0.17 2799 3264 465 0.14
<br />1985 Sugar beets 1074 1364 290 0.21 3873 4623 754 0.16
<br />1985 melons 427 345 -81 -0.24 4300 4973 673 0.14
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<br />1982 cotton 988 1288 300 0.23 988 1288 300 0.23
<br />1983 cotton 1034 1161 127 0.11 2022 2451 429 0.18
<br />1984 wheat 688 798 109 0.14 2710 3249 541 0.17
<br />1985 alfalfa 2062 2057 -5 -0.00 4770 5306 536 0.10
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<br />3Estimate of deep-percolation drainage water Le., V1W- Vet.
<br />4Estimate of leaching fraction (LF'), i.e., V dw/ V;w.
<br />5 Accumulated over entire experimental period.
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<br />wheat/1982' sugar beets/1983" cantaloupes/1983'
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<br />8.1(0.2) 9.6(004) 430(11)
<br />8.3(0.1 ) 9.2(0.2) 398(16)
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<br />7.9(0.2) 9.2(0.2) 115(5)
<br />7.8(0.2) 9.2(0.2) 142(8)
<br />8.0(0.2) 8.7(0.2) 139(12)
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