HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
METHODS OF IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION
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Selective cutting
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Clear-cutting
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Shelter-wood cutting
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Slash and burn clearing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Deforestation (or clearcutting) is the most detrimental of such practices, characterized by wholesale forest clearance and substantial soil disturbance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following environmental consequences will most likely result from clear-cutting deciduous forests for logging? More carbon dioxide will be added to the atmosphere and increase anthropogenic climate change.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is most likely to occur in a forested region that has been recently clear-cut? The concentration of nitrates in streams running through the region will increase.
Detailed explanation-4: -You can reduce soil erosion by: Mulching. Planting a cover crop – such as winter rye in vegetable gardens. Includes annual grasses, small grains, legumes and other types of vegetation planted to provide a temporary vegetative cover. Cover crops are often tilled under serving also as a “green manure” crop.