Reducing Soil Water Evaporation With Tillage And Straw Mulching (Hardcover)

Reducing Soil Water Evaporation with Tillage and Straw Mulching

Drawing on the work of agronomists, soil scientists, andmeteorologists, the authors provide a clear overview of thetheories and data that explain the process of evaporation from freewater and soils that are bare, tilled, or residue-covered. In adiscussion of the benefits of tillage in reducing evaporation, theyconsider different types of soil and the merits of post dryingdepth-distribution of soil water in treated and untreated soil.Straw mulching, as another means of reducing evaporation, receivesthe same extended treatment, followed by an appraisal of theeffects of different combinations of tillage and mulching onevaporation and water use during fallow and cropped periods.