Surface characteristics of a windblown soil altered by tillage intensity during summer fallow

• Published in: Aeolian research Vol. 5; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Sharratt, Brenton, Wendling, Laura, Feng, Guanglong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2012
• Subjects: biomass; conventional tillage; crop rotation; fallow; minimum tillage; Northwestern United States; Pacific States; reduced tillage; resistance to penetration; roughness; soil; sowing; summer; water content; wind erosion; wind speed; winter wheat; INE, USA, Pacific Northwest; USA, Pacific Northwest; Northwestern United States; Pacific States

Winter wheat a summer fallow is the crop rotation used on more than 1.5 million ha in the Pacific Northwest United States. Land maintained using conventional summer fallow is susceptible to wind erosion because multiple tillage operations during the fallow period expose the soil to high winds. Alter...