Pedosphere 4(1): 59--66, 1994
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©1994 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
Effect of Soil Erosion on Spring Barley Growth in East Anglia,England:Preliminary Results
LUXI-XI Y.BIOT
[1]InstituteofSoilScience,AcademiaSinica,P.O.Box821,Nanjing210008,China [2]SchoolofDevelopmentStudies,Unive
ABSTRACT
      The effect of soil erosion on spring barley growth was studied on a deep loamy soil in East Anglia,England,in 1992,Soil erosion was simulated by three levels of soil desurfacing,7.5,18and 30cm with three replicates.Significant differences in crop height,ground cover and crop yield were observed between the three levels of desurfacing.Soil desurfacing also has a singnificant effect on soil moisture at the 20cm depth.The interaction between soil removal and crop performance affected soil moisture at the depths of 50 and 100cm,No significant differences were found in runoff and sediment etween the three topsoil removals due to very dry growing season.Regression equations were developed between spring barley yield and soil desurfacing Spring barley grain yield declined by 97.6kg/ha per cm soil desurfacing.
Key Words:  
Citation: . 1994. Effect of Soil Erosion on Spring Barley Growth in East Anglia,England:Preliminary Results. Pedosphere. 4(1): 59-66.
View Full Text



Copyright © 2024 Editorial Committee of PEDOSPHERE. All rights reserved.
Address: P. O. Box 821, 71 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China    E-mail: pedosphere@issas.ac.cn
Technical support: Beijing E-Tiller Co.,Ltd.