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Percent Soil Cover by Six Vegetative Mulches 1
Author(s) -
Greb B. W.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1967.00021962005900060038x
Subject(s) - agronomy , straw , sorghum , spring (device) , stalk , environmental science , mulch , cover crop , cover (algebra) , biology , horticulture , mechanical engineering , engineering
Estimates of percent soil cover by straw or stalk type vegetative mulches can be calculated by means of measuring the average length, diameter, and weight of a random sample of clean, oven‐dry material. Efficiency of soil cover per unit weight for mulches at Akron, Colo., were spring barley > winter wheat = spring oats > sudangrass > grain millet > grain sorghum.