Soil management effects on runoff, erosion and soil properties in an olive grove of Southern Spain.

Year
2009
Abstract
Rainfall, runoff and soil loss from 6 m × 12 m plots were recorded during 7 years (2000†“2006) in an experiment in which three different soil management systems were compared in a young olive grove installed on a heavy clay soil, near Cordoba, Southern Spain. No-tillage (NT) system, kept weed-free with herbicides, cover crop (CC) of barley, and conventional tillage (CT).
Authors
Gí³mez, J. A., Sobrinho, T. A., Giráldez, J. V., & Fereres, E.
Publisher
Soil and Tillage Research, 102(1), 5-13.
Case study(ies)
Cover Crops and No-Tillage in an Olive Grove (Andalusia, Spain)
Source type
Scientific Article

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