Guidelines for establishing warm season grass hedges for erosion control

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-20

  Dewald, C L ^a   Henry, J ^b   Bruckerhoff, S ^b   Ritchie, J ^c   Dabney, S ^c   Shepherd, D ^d   Douglas, J ^b   Wolf, D ^e  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Shepherd Farms Inc   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; EROSION CONTROL; GRASS HEDGE; SOIL EROSION;

USA;

EID: 0029669912     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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