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Vegetative and tillage strategies for erosion control in Northern Thailand

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 In: Vergara, N.T.; Briones,-N.D. (eds.). East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA). Environment and Policy Inst.; Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, College, Laguna (Philippines). Agroforestry in the humid tropics its protective and ameliorative roles to enhance productivity and sustainability. College, Laguna (Philippines). Mar 1987. p. 111-124. Received Sep 198789-044944Summary: Mulching, strip cropping, and reduced tillage are used in various combinations with cereal-legume rotations to suit the range of soil fertility and climatic regions of the uplands of Northern Thailand. The use of relay cropping of peanut-pigeon pea and corn-blackbean or other suitable legumes and the use of a live mulch such as stylo showed the best results of preventing soil erosion and maintaining soil fertility. Strip cropping and mulching have decreased the dependence on structural earthworks to control erosion. The use of perennial plants as contour hedgerows was effective for erosion control but reduced the production of interplanted annual crops by
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Mulching, strip cropping, and reduced tillage are used in various combinations with cereal-legume rotations to suit the range of soil fertility and climatic regions of the uplands of Northern Thailand. The use of relay cropping of peanut-pigeon pea and corn-blackbean or other suitable legumes and the use of a live mulch such as stylo showed the best results of preventing soil erosion and maintaining soil fertility. Strip cropping and mulching have decreased the dependence on structural earthworks to control erosion. The use of perennial plants as contour hedgerows was effective for erosion control but reduced the production of interplanted annual crops by

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