Crust-breaking device improves water infiltration into furrows
Surface irrigation may lead to thick depositional crusts at the soil surface, which can reduce infiltration rate. To break the crust on the sides of the bed near the bottom of a furrow, we developed a torpedo-shaped, winged cultivator. Field experiments were conducted on a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1997-09-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v051n05p21 |
| Summary: | Surface irrigation may lead to thick depositional crusts at the soil surface, which
can reduce infiltration rate. To break the crust on the sides of the bed near the
bottom of a furrow, we developed a torpedo-shaped, winged cultivator. Field experiments
were conducted on a tomato crop at UC Davis on Yolo loam soil during the summer of
1992. Breaking the crust with the device increased cumulative infiltration significantly,
by almost 30%. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |