Restoring productivity to an artificially eroded Dark brown Chernozemic soil under dryland conditions.

Abstract

A field was artificially eroded then continuously cropped to barley for 7 yr. Subsequently, a wheat-fallow experiment was conducted to determine the effects of 4 fertilizer treatments and green manure on restoring the productivity to eroded soil. After 22 yr and 14 crops, the productivity of the land from which soil was removed has been improved but not fully restored. -from Authors