Soil erosion is one of the major problems in agricultural areas world, and straw mulching a conservation practice that may reduce soil runoff. How much necessary to runoff? The objectives this study were quantify characterize runoff under different levels oat mulching, as well analyze cost erosion. An experiment was performed site with recently tilled for peach orchard implementation. In ridges...

A Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Mulching The following is excerpted from “Impact of Mulches on Landscape Plants and the Environment—A Review,” by Linda Chalker-Scott (Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, 7612 Pioneer Way E., Puyallup, WA 98371), Journal of Environmental Horticulture 25(4), December 2007, 239249, published by the Horticultural Research In...

Aim of study: We aimed to i) evaluate the effects mulching on Tuber melanosporum mycelium biomass and seedling growth (i.e. root collar diameter height) ii) unravel relationship between in abundance, a T. plantation.Area The experimental plantation is located Pre-Pyrenees mountains Catalonia, Spain.Material methods: was established 2010 using one-year-old inoculated Quercus ilex seedlings. Doub...

Organic residues management (ORM) alter plant traits and soil properties by changing nutrient carbon cycling. It is unclear how ORM (mulching, compost, their combination) applied for 18 months creates a mechanism to promote changes in P. pyrifolia field. Our aim was evaluate the influence of on nutritional status, traits, yield, sequestration 16-year subtropical For this purpose, we performed a...

Invasive plants are one of the greatest threats to endangered insect species and a major threat to Lepidoptera in eastern North America. We investigated the effects of the invasive shrub Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) and two methods (mulching or hand-felling) of removing it from riparian forests on butterfly communities and compared them to untreated, heavily invaded control plots and to ‘...

To compare the soil water balance, yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of spring maize under different mulching types in the Loess Plateau, a 7-year field experiment was conducted in the Changwu region of the Loess Plateau. Three treatments were used in this experiment: straw mulch (SM), plastic film mulch (PM) and conventional covering without mulch (CK). Results show that the soil water chan...

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) have been widely transformed by human activities worldwide and the ecosystem services they provide are diminishing. There has been an urgent call for conservation and restoration of the degraded lands previously occupied by TDFs. Restoration experiences aim to recover species diversity and ecological functions. Different restoration strategies have been used to maxim...