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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 1997, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2): 127-133.

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Effect of farmland windbreak on preventing cotton lodging and its yield reduction under violent tropical storm

Zhang Jilin1, Kang Lixin1, Ji Yonghua1   

  1. Institute of Forestry Research of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 211153
  • Received:1995-06-06 Revised:1995-09-30 Online:1997-03-25 Published:1997-03-25

Abstract: The studies show that within the scope of 27 H from sheltered side of farmland windbreak, forest net has the functions of reducing cotton lodging and its yield loss to a certain extent.The effective protection zone ranges from 0.42 to 23 H, and the maximum effective zone for unginned cotton yield and gin turnout percentage is from 10 H to 13 H. Compared with damaged zone, protection zone has an increase of 45.01% for unginned cotton yield and 52.69% for ginned one. Within the whole forest net, the unginned cotton yield is increased by 29.9%, and the gined one by 35.06%.

Key words: Farmland windbreak, Violent tropical storm, Cotton yield