Runoff, Soil Erosion, and Erodibility of Conservation Reserve Program Land under Crop and Hay Production
Fen-li Zhenga,
Stephen D. Merrillb,*,
Chi-hua Huangc,
Donald L. Tanakab,
Frédéric Darbouxd,
Mark A. Liebigb and
Ardell D. Halvorsone
a State Key Lab. of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 26 Xinong Rd., Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, Peoples Republic of China
b U. S. Dep. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Northern Great Plains Research Lab., P.O. Box 459, Mandan, ND 58554
c USDA-ARS, National Soil Erosion Research Lab., 1196 SOIL Bldg., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907-1196
d INRA OrléansScience du Sol, Avenue de la Pomme de Pin, BP 20619, F-45166 Olivet Cedex, France
e USDA-ARS-SPNRU, 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. D, Suite 100, Ft. Collins, CO 80526

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Fig. 1. Linear regression of soil loss rates against runoff rates, both measured at relative steady state for non-tilled and tilled land use treatments.
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