Prevailing management (tillage and herbicide treatment) keeps soil bare and prone to erosion
Assessment of runoff and erosion for three management types (tillage, herbicide and covered)
Herbicide treatment causes 1.8 and 45.5 times more erosion than tillage and covered respectively
60 rainfall simulation experiments showed tenfold lower erosion rates with covered soil
Soil erosion was extremely high in herbicide treated orchards, even higher than in tilled orchards