Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots

This erosion control study on Serdang series soil was conducted in standard Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) plots of 9% slope at the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (DBAE) field station, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Rainfall was recorded with an automatic pluviometer. R...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yong, Hong Liang
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2000
Subjects:	Bioengineering Bioengineering - Standards Soil erosion
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10459/1/FK_2000_7.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-upm-ir.10459
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-upm-ir.104592024-03-29T02:19:12Z Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots 2000-05 Yong, Hong Liang This erosion control study on Serdang series soil was conducted in standard Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) plots of 9% slope at the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (DBAE) field station, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Rainfall was recorded with an automatic pluviometer. Runoff and soil losses were collected at the downslope in calibrated buckets. The first set of experiments (1/1/98 - 31/12/98) was carried out on 5 plots. These plots were treated with vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides), legume (Arachis pintoi), spot turfing and close turfing (Axonopus compressus), respectively. A plot was left bare without vegetation as a control. Results showed that there were no significant differences on soil loss among the treatments with values less than 60 t/ha/y. The bare plot had significantly greater soil loss and runoff of 170 t/ha/y and 670 mm, respectively. There were no significant differences in runoff between the plots with legume and vetiver, vetiver and spot turfing and finally spot turfing and close turfing. The close turfing produced the lowest erosion losses with 99% and 90% less soil loss and runoff, respectively compared to the bare plot. The second set of experiments (115/98 - 30/4/99) was carried out on another 5 plots. The plots consisted of "coco-fibromat" + hydroseeding, hydroseeding + "fibromat", "fibromat" + hydro seeding, hydro seeding alone and "geojute + hydroseeding. Hydroseeding alone had significantly greater soil loss (4 t/ha/y) and runoff (170 mm) than other hydro seeding treatments « 0.8 t/ha/y and < 90 mm). The runoff depths between hydro seeding alone and "geojute" + hydro seeding was not significantly different. Hydroseeding anchored with "fibromat" resulted in lower soil loss and runoff, with 98.2% and 58.2% reduction, respectively compared to hydroseeding alone. The third set of experiments (11/11/98 - 31/11/99) was carried out on the 5 plots that were constructed later in September 1998. The plots were treated with bermudagrass (Cynodon daetylon), natural vegetation (Pennisetum purpureum), upland rice (Oryza sativa) and upland rice + "fibromat". A plot was left bare without vegetation as a control. The results revealed that they were no significant differences on soil loss among the treatments with values less than 55 t/ha/y. The bare plot had significantly greater soil loss and runoff of 125 t/ha/y and 597 mm, respectively. There was no significant difference in runoff between the bare plot and bermudagrass plot. The upland rice anchored with "fibromat" produced the lowest erosion losses with 99% and 98% reduction in soil loss and runoff, respectively compared to the bare plot. Treatments with biomats and close turfing gave the best protection against soil erosion with cover management factor lower than 0.0l. The highest correlation (r = 0.87) was obtained between the soil loss from the bare plots and KE>25. Bioengineering Bioengineering - Standards Soil erosion 2000-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10459/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10459/1/FK_2000_7.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Bioengineering Bioengineering - Standards Soil erosion Faculty of Engineering Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English English
advisor	Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin
topic	Bioengineering Bioengineering - Standards Soil erosion
spellingShingle	Bioengineering Bioengineering - Standards Soil erosion Yong, Hong Liang Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots
description	This erosion control study on Serdang series soil was conducted in standard Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) plots of 9% slope at the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (DBAE) field station, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Rainfall was recorded with an automatic pluviometer. Runoff and soil losses were collected at the downslope in calibrated buckets. The first set of experiments (1/1/98 - 31/12/98) was carried out on 5 plots. These plots were treated with vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides), legume (Arachis pintoi), spot turfing and close turfing (Axonopus compressus), respectively. A plot was left bare without vegetation as a control. Results showed that there were no significant differences on soil loss among the treatments with values less than 60 t/ha/y. The bare plot had significantly greater soil loss and runoff of 170 t/ha/y and 670 mm, respectively. There were no significant differences in runoff between the plots with legume and vetiver, vetiver and spot turfing and finally spot turfing and close turfing. The close turfing produced the lowest erosion losses with 99% and 90% less soil loss and runoff, respectively compared to the bare plot. The second set of experiments (115/98 - 30/4/99) was carried out on another 5 plots. The plots consisted of "coco-fibromat" + hydroseeding, hydroseeding + "fibromat", "fibromat" + hydro seeding, hydro seeding alone and "geojute + hydroseeding. Hydroseeding alone had significantly greater soil loss (4 t/ha/y) and runoff (170 mm) than other hydro seeding treatments « 0.8 t/ha/y and < 90 mm). The runoff depths between hydro seeding alone and "geojute" + hydro seeding was not significantly different. Hydroseeding anchored with "fibromat" resulted in lower soil loss and runoff, with 98.2% and 58.2% reduction, respectively compared to hydroseeding alone. The third set of experiments (11/11/98 - 31/11/99) was carried out on the 5 plots that were constructed later in September 1998. The plots were treated with bermudagrass (Cynodon daetylon), natural vegetation (Pennisetum purpureum), upland rice (Oryza sativa) and upland rice + "fibromat". A plot was left bare without vegetation as a control. The results revealed that they were no significant differences on soil loss among the treatments with values less than 55 t/ha/y. The bare plot had significantly greater soil loss and runoff of 125 t/ha/y and 597 mm, respectively. There was no significant difference in runoff between the bare plot and bermudagrass plot. The upland rice anchored with "fibromat" produced the lowest erosion losses with 99% and 98% reduction in soil loss and runoff, respectively compared to the bare plot. Treatments with biomats and close turfing gave the best protection against soil erosion with cover management factor lower than 0.0l. The highest correlation (r = 0.87) was obtained between the soil loss from the bare plots and KE>25.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Yong, Hong Liang
author_facet	Yong, Hong Liang
author_sort	Yong, Hong Liang
title	Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots
title_short	Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots
title_full	Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots
title_fullStr	Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots
title_sort	evaluation of bioengineering soil erosion control techniques in standard usle plots
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Engineering
publishDate	2000
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10459/1/FK_2000_7.pdf
_version_	1804888540669018112

Evaluation of Bioengineering Soil Erosion Control Techniques in Standard USLE Plots

Similar Items