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In order to calculate the actual erosion according to the universal soil loss equation (USLE) and to estimate the impact of land use on soil erosion it is important to know the C-factor. Based on the USLE crop-growth stages, the cover-management C-factors were calculated for the main crop rotation systems on arable farms in Belgium with particular reference to those occurring on 40 farms on silt and silt loam soils in the Kemmelbeek watershed, West-Flanders, Belgium. The different rotation systems were composed of the following crops: sugar beet (SB), winter wheat (WW), potato (PO), maize (M), beans (B), winter barley (WB), peas (PE), chicory (CH), leek (L), carrot (CA), celeriac (CE), rye grass (RG) and temporal grassland (TG). The erosivity factor R during the rotation was calculated on the basis of a detailed rainfall time series over a time period of 27 years. The crop data (development of cover, sowing and harvesting date, amount of residue) were collected from literature and personal communications. For most rotation systems the C-factors were between 0.28 and 0.38. High C-factor values were obtained with M/M/M/PO (C = 0.47), and with CE/L/PO (C = 0.51). Remarkable small C-va

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Author

Donald Gabriels; Greet Ghekiere; Wouter Schiettecatte; Ilse Rottiers

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0167-1987)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)