Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall events

• Published in: Soil research (Collingwood, Vic.) Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 154 - 165
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: CSIRO Publishing 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Spain

Soil and water losses due to agricultural mismanagement are high and non-sustainable in many orchards. An experiment was set up with rainfall simulation at 78mmh-1 over 1hour on 20 paired plots of 2m2 (bare and straw covered) in new persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain. Effects of straw cover on t...