Erosion control practices integrated with polyacrylamide to reduce sediment loss in furrow irrigation

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 595-603

  Leib, Brian G ^a   Redulla, Cristoti A ^b   Stevens, Robert G ^b   Matthews, Gary R ^b   Strausz, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Check dam; Erosion control; Furrow irrigation; Grass filter strip; Polyacrylamide; Return flow; Sediment loss; Surface drains; Surge irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DAMS; EROSION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

CHECK DAM; EROSION CONTROL; FURROW IRRIGATION; GRASS FILTER STRIP; POLYACRYLAMIDE; RETURN FLOW; SEDIMENT LOSS; SURFACE DRAINS; SURGE IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 24744469608     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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