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Armbrust, Dean |
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Submitted to: Soil Erosion for 21st Century Symposium
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 1/3/2001 Publication Date: 1/3/2001 Citation: In: J.C. Ascough II and D.C. Flanagan, Proc. Int. Symp. Soil Erosion Research for the 21st Century, 3-5 January 2001, Honolulu, HI. St. Joseph, MI: pp 67-70. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: During a wind erosion event, plants impacted by blowing soil particles may suffer physical damage by being impacted by moving soil particles, partial or complete burial, and/or partial or complete removal of soil from around the plant roots. This damage reduces the number of live plants per unit area, surface area of leaves available to absorb sunlight and alters the physiology of the plants. This reduces the quality and quantity of harvested yield and increases the cost of production. Instrumentation to measure the kinetic energy of wind blown saltating soil particles and the height at which they travel, have been developed and tested in the wind tunnel. Implications of these results to currently established crop sand- blast tolerance levels will be discussed. |
