Erosion and Productivity of Soils Containing Rock Fragments

Every home gardener is fully appreciative of a rich loamy soil free of rock fragments and stones that impede ease of cultivation and seedbed preparation. Similarly, agriculturists sought out soils that were predominantly rock free across our nation to procure their food and fiber needs and, soil scientists, because of the relative crop productivity of these rock-free soils, have spent the majority of their time investigating means of maintaining and improving their productivity. Yet, soils containing rock fragments in their surface, represent a significant portion of our land resources to be increasingly used for food and fiber production with the ever present potential of undesirable effects of wind and water erosion.

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891189084
• ISBN13: 9780891189084
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Acsess