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Predicting Grain Sorghum Canopy Structure for Soil Erosion Modeling

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1992

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Armbrust, D. V., and Bilbro, J. D., 1992, Predicting Grain Sorghum Canopy Structure for Soil Erosion Modeling: Agron. J., v. 85, no. 3, p. 664-668.

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Development of modern water and wind erosion prediction technology requires information on the canopy structure of various plant species to accurately predict the canopy effect on the falling raindrop or the erosive force of the wind. The objective of this study was to develop equations to predict grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] canopy structure characteristics. Groin sorghum plants were sampled weekly from emergence to maturity at Big Spring, TX (1986–1987), and Manhattan, KS (1987), to measure the following crop canopy parameters: plant height, stem length, leaf area, stem area, and canopy cover. Manhattan data were used to develop equations that relate canopy structure parometers of grain sorghum to the total abovegroundry [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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DOI http://sciencebase.gov/vocab/identifierScheme 10.2134/agronj1993.00021962008500030027x

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