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At the present time, knowledge of spatial and temporal variations in preferential flow under different cropping systems and tillage practices during the growing season is lacking, which has complicated the making of sound and reasonable regulatory decisions on the use of agrichemicals. In order to investigate the effect of tillage, cropping and row position on chemical movement through the soil, bromide and chloride, which are regarded as conservative tracers of nitrate, and nitrate solutions were applied on 2 m x 2 m plots which were randomly selected on two different dates (during the vegetative and the reproductive stages of the corn cropping). Core samples (7.6 or 11.4 cm diameter) to a maximum depth of 1.5 m were collected 4 days after chemical application, divided into 5- or 10-cm sections and analyzed for the applied tracer chemicals and nitrate. 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