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Design, Construction, and Operation of Tilted Beds to Simulate Agricultural Runoff in Vegetative Filter Strips

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Wondi Mersie  and
Cathy A. Seybold
Wondi Mersie
Affiliation:
Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23806
Cathy A. Seybold
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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Abstract

This paper describes the design, construction, and operation of tilted beds to investigate the effectiveness of vegetative filter strips (VFS) in removing agricultural chemicals from runoff water. The beds are designed to catch surface runoff, leachate, and subsurface lateral flow. Switchgrass was established on beds filled with Cullen clay loam or Emporia sandy loam. Switchgrass establi shed on Cullen clay loam beds reduced surface runoff by 60% and by 11% in sandy loam containing switchgrass compared to respective bare soils. Infiltration was 64, 26, 17, and 8% for clay loam with switchgrass, clay loam without switchgrass, sandy loam with switchgrass, and sandy loam without switchgrass, respectively.

Keywords

Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum (L.)Buffer strip, runoff simulationBMP, best management practicesVFS, vegetative filter strips

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Weed Technology , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 618 - 622
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Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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