SOIL EROSION ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE Edited by Danilo Godone and Silvia Stanchi
Soil Erosion Issues in Agriculture Edited by Danilo Godone and Silvia Stanchi
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Contents Preface IX Part 1
Case Studies 1
Chapter 1
Soil Degradation 3 Rajendra Hegde, A. Natarajan, L G K Naidu and Dipak Sarkar
Chapter 2
Water Erosion from Agricultural Land Under Atlantic Climate 41 Montserrat Valcárcel, Antonio Paz González, Jorge Dafonte, José Manuel Mirás-Avalos, Jorge Paz-Ferreiro, Ildegardis Bertol and Eva Vidal Vázquez
Chapter 3
Micro-Geomorphology Characteristics in Coordinate with Surface Erosion 59 Qingfeng Zhang, Longshan Zhao, Faqi Wu and Jian Wang
Chapter 4
Losses of Soil and Nutrients from a Purplish Soil on Slopping Lands as Affected by Rain Intensity and Farming Practices 71 Chaowen Lin, Chunyan Luo, Liangyu Pang and Shihua Tu
Part 2
Vineyards
87
Chapter 5
Soil Erosion Aspects in Agricultural Ecosystem 89 Elena Comino, Paolo Marengo and Valentina Rolli
Chapter 6
Evaluation of Erosion Intensity and Some of Its Consequences in Vineyards from Two Hilly Environments Under a Mediterranean Type of Climate, Italy 113 Giuseppe Corti, Eugenio Cavallo, Stefania Cocco, Marcella Biddoccu, Giorgia Brecciaroli and Alberto Agnelli
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Contents
Part 3
Dry Environments
161
Chapter 7
Hydrological Effects of Different Soil Management Practices in Mediterranean Areas 163 Giuseppe Bombino, Vincenzo Tamburino, Demetrio Antonio Zema and Santo Marcello Zimbone
Chapter 8
Planting System on Permanent Beds; A Conservation Agriculture Alternative for Crop Production in the Mexican Plateau 183 Agustin Limon-Ortega
Chapter 9
The Significance of Soil Erosion on Soil Fertility Under Different Tillage Systems and Granitic Sandy Soils in Semi-Arid Zimbabwe: A Comparison of Nutrient Losses Due to Sheet Erosion, Leaching and Plant Uptake 207 Adelaide Munodawafa
Chapter 10
Part 4 Cha