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Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 34:928-931 (1970)
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Mulch Rates Required for Erosion Control on Steep Slopes1

L. D. Meyer, W. H. Wischmeier and G. R. Foster2

ABSTRACT

The erosion-reducing effectiveness of six rates of straw mulch was tested on slopes averaging 15%. Mulch rates of only 0.56 and 1.12 metric tons/ha reduced soil losses to less than one–third of those from unmulched areas during a series of intense simulated rainstorms. A 2.24-metric tons/ha rate decreased soil loss to only 18% of that from no mulch, and the 4.48- and 8.96-metric tons/ha rates reduced it to less than 5%.

Runoff velocity for the 0.56-metric tons/ha rate was one-half that for no mulch, but heavier rates decreased velocity only slightly more. The reduced velocity due to mulching accounted for much of the resulting decrease in soil erosion.

Although the small mulch rates greatly reduced erosion, more mulch was required to fully control erosion than was required on the less-steep, more permeable soil conditions tested in earlier studies.

NOTES

1 Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Nov. 10, 1969. Contribution of the Corn Belt Branch, Soil and Water Conservation Research Division, ARS, USDA, in cooperation with the Purdue Agr. Exp. Sta. Journal Paper no. 3959.

2 Agricultural Engineer, Research Statistician, and Hydraulic Engineer, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; and Associate Professors and Graduate Research Instructor, Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind.

Received for publication April 27, 1970. Accepted for publication September 3, 1970.






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