PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mostaghimi, S.
AU  - Gidley, T.M.
AU  - Dillaha, T.A.
AU  - Cooke, R.A.
TI  - Effectiveness of different approaches for controlling sediment and nutrient losses from eroded land
DP  - 1994 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
PG  - 615--620
VI  - 49
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/49/6/615.short
4100  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/49/6/615.full
AB  - A rainfall simulator was used to investigate the effectiveness of straw mulch, hydroseed, and two commercial synthetic polymers (Soil Tex and Soil Master WR)in reducing runoff, sediment, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) losses from eroded land. Simulated rainfall was applied to 14 experimental field plots on a Groseclose silt loam, each 50 m2 (538 ft2) in size. Neither polymer was as effective as mulch or hydroseed in reducing runoff and erosion. Of all treatments investigated, straw mulch was the most effective in reducing runoff and losses of sediment, N, and P from eroded land.