Effect of narrow grass strips on conservation reserve land converted to cropland

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1581-1587

  Raffaelle Jr , J B ^a   McGregor, K C ^b,d   Foster, G R ^b   Cullum, R F ^b,c  

^a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Erosion; Grass filters; Rainfall; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; GRAIN SORGHUM; GRASS FILTERS; GRASSLAND; SOIL LOSS; SOYBEANS;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CROP PRODUCTION; GRASS STRIP; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOIL LOSS;

EID: 0031279596     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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