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RECORD NUMBER: 20 OF 45| Main Title | Influence of Soil Properties and Cultural Practices on Evaporation of Water from Soil. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Peel, T. C. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Clemson Univ., S.C. Water Resources Research Inst. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1972 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | WRRI-28; DI-14-01-0001-1861 ;DI-14-01-0001-3041; OWRR-A-015-SC; 07128,; A-015-SC(1) | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB-208 412 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | ( Soil water ; Evaporation) ; ( Soil properties ; Mulches) ; ( Water conservation ; Cultivation) ; Cotton plants ; Soil properties ; Cultivation ; Transpiration ; Moisture ; Straw ; South Carolina ; | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 27p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | Moisture loss from outdoor tanks of soils which could be protected from rainfall was measured by weight loss. Evaporation accounted for 79% of water loss and transpiration 21% where cotton plants were grown to a height of 10 inches. With bare soil, evaporation was higher from the finer textured soils with the evaporation rates decreasing as the percent sand increased. Placing the B horizon over the A horizon increased evaporation. Mulches of oats straw at the rates of 1, 2, and 3 tons per acre (dry weight) reduced evaporation 33%, 63%, and 80% respectively compared with bare soil. (Author) |