Effects of wheat stubble on runoff, infiltration, and erosion of farmland on the Loess Plateau, China, subjected to simulated rainfall

Wang, Linhua; Ma, Bo; Wu, Faqi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-281-2017

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-281-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-281-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

Research article

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08 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 08 Mar 2017

Effects of wheat stubble on runoff, infiltration, and erosion of farmland on the Loess Plateau, China, subjected to simulated rainfall

Linhua Wang, Bo Ma, and Faqi Wu

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RC1: 'A significant work about the influence of wheat stubble on soil and water in Loess Plateau', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response-2016-163-RC1', Linhua Wang, 17 Jan 2017
SC1: 'comments', yafeng Wang, 30 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to SE-2016-163-SC1', Linhua Wang, 17 Jan 2017
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jan 2017
AC3: 'Response to SE-2016-163-RC2', Linhua Wang, 17 Jan 2017

Short summary

Soil and water losses in agriculture are a major environmental problem on the Loess Plateau, China. This study investigated the effects of wheat stubble on soil erosion in laboratory plots under simulated rainfall. These results show that the traditional plow may induce more serious soil and water losses compared to wheat stubble cover. Wheat stubble cover delayed runoff generation time, decreased the runoff and sediment loss, and increased rainwater infiltration into the soil.