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Reduce Soil Water Evaporation

Reduce Soil Water Evaporation

Hardcover

AgricultureEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 0813828570
ISBN13: 9780813828572
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Mar 19 1999
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.21 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
As more and more people compete for ever-less water on our shrinking planet, the problem of soil evaporation becomes increasingly urgent. In this book two of the world's most distinguished specialists in the field offer an expert yet highly readable account of both the problem and potential solutions.

Drawing on the work of agronomists, soil scientists, and meteorologists, the authors provide a clear overview of the theories and data that explain the process of evaporation from free water and soils that are bare, tilled, or residue-covered. In a discussion of the benefits of tillage in reducing evaporation, they consider different types of soil and the merits of post drying depth-distribution of soil water in treated and untreated soil. Straw mulching, as another means of reducing evaporation, receives the same extended treatment, followed by an appraisal of the effects of different combinations of tillage and mulching on evaporation and water use during fallow and cropped periods.

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