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Interrill erosion under shrub and crop systems

Francisco José de Freitas, José Ramon Barros Cantalice, Sandro Augusto Bezerra, Maria Daniela Rodrigues de Oliveira Silva, Paulo Medeiros do Santos, Rossini Matos Correa, [...]

01/Aug/2008

Among the different forms of water erosion, interrill erosion is one of the most deleterious to the productivity of soils used in agriculture, causing losses of soil, water and nutrients. This study sought to evaluate the efficiency of environmental protection by the Shrub cover types caatinga, Guandu (Cajanus cajan) and sweet potato (Ipomoea potatoes Lam) as compared to bare soil, as well as the effect of these crops on the interrill erosion and hydraulic properties of surface runoff in a […]