Soil degradative effects of slope length and tillage methods on alfisols in Western Nigeria. I. Runoff, erosion and crop response

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-219

  Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpeas; Infiltration rate; Maize; Sediment concentration; Slope gradient; Slope length; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Soil physical properties; Terracing; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EROSION CONTROL; SLOPE GRADIENT; SLOPE LENGTH; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TERRACING; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TROPICAL SOIL;

NIGERIA, IBADAN;

EID: 0031408401     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199709)8:3<201::AID-LDR253>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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