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Corn Stover Mulch for Control of Runoff and Erosion on Land Planted to Corn After Corn
Author(s) -
Taylor R. E.,
Hays O. E.,
Bay C. E.,
Dixon R. M.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1964.03615995002800010048x
Subject(s) - corn stover , agronomy , mulch , bushel , environmental science , loess , stover , surface runoff , plough , tillage , sorghum , crop , biology , paleontology , biochemistry , ecology , acre , hydrolysis
A mulch of corn stover and barnyard manure has given excellent control of soil and water losses from corn after corn on a steeply sloping deep loess soil. During 9 years of measurement in Wisconsin, losses of soil and water from corn after corn with a mulch were less than from corn or oats without mulch in a corn‐oats‐hay rotation and were about equal to the losses from the meadow in the rotation. Corn yields averaged 3 bushels more from the corn after corn than from the corn in the 3‐year rotation.