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NPS Pollution Reduction from Alpine Fields using Surface Cover Material and Soil Amendments
Author(s) -
Won Chulhee,
Shin Minhwan,
Lee Suin,
Park Younshik,
Lee Youngjoon,
Shin Yongchul,
Choi Joongdae
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.2068
Subject(s) - surface runoff , loam , environmental science , straw , agronomy , pollution , nonpoint source pollution , soil water , soil science , ecology , biology
We described the effects of straw mat cover and soil amendments on runoff, agricultural non‐point source nNPS) pollution and crop yield on sloping alpine fields in Korea. Two sandy loam field plots were prepared. One was a control plot and the other (SPG) was an experimental plot treated with rice straw, polyacrylamide (PAM) and gypsum (rice straw mat (3,300 kg/ha) + PAM (5 kg/ha) + gypsum (1 ton/ha)). Chinese cabbage was cultivated in the plots and seven rainfall‐runoff events were monitored during the growing season in 2012. Less runoff and a lower NPS pollution load were measured from the SPG plot, compared to those from the control plot. The SPG plot had 29.4% less runoff and the pollution load was reduced by 86.6% for suspended solids, 34.7% for total nitrogen and 39.1% for total phosphorus. The Chinese cabbage yield at the SPG plot was 39,600 kg/ha, which was about 40% higher than that at the control plot. These results indicated that the SPG treatment could not only reduce runoff and agricultural NPS pollution but also increase crop yield and be a best management practice for sandy loam sloping fields in Korea. © 2016 The Authors. Irrigation and Drainage Published by John wiley & Sons Ltd.