Soil erosion in pineapple fields and its control

Country
Japan

Description

[Synopsis]

Results indicate that soil erosion occurred downward along roads in a pineapple field. For the alleviation of erosion hazards, we grew pigeonpea in a field and weeping lovegrass on the lower edge before the initiation of nontillage planting of pineapple with residues of pigeonpea.

Affiliation

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Okinawa Subtropical Station

Classification

Technical B

Term of research

FY1991-FY1995

Responsible researcher

SUGAHARA Kazuo ( Okinawa Subtropical Station )

OHWAKI Yoshinari ( Okinawa Subtropical Station )

BANZAI Kenji ( National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences )

HASEGAWA Isao ( Kyushu Agricultural Experiment Station )

KOBAYASHl Makoto ( Okinawa Subtropical Station )

NAKANO Hiroshi ( Okinawa Subtropical Station )

IWAMA Hidenori ( National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences )

ほか
Publication, etc.

Japanese PDF

1995_17_A3_ja.pdf1.04 MB

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