Effects of wind erosion on crop yields on Geraldton sandplain soils

Publication Date

1980

DPIRD Collections

Grains and field crops

Series Number

54

Abstract

Physical properties were generally similar for all sites except that soils at previously wind eroded sites had a slightly higher proportion of coarse sand and a lower proportion of find sand, silt and clay. Previously eroded sites appeared to have higher subsoil moisture at the end of summer, presumably due to the lack of plant growth. Crop yields were measured in the following year at two sites with adjacent previously eroded and non-eroded areas.

Number of Pages

10

Keywords

Soil structure, Geraldton region (WA), Western Australia, Crop damage, Yields, Wind erosion

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences

Comments

Replaced by Technical Bulletin 97

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