Review. Main benefits reached by the adequeate practice of agricultural drainage

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Published: Jul 5, 2012
Keywords:
soil improvement, drainage, drought resistance, soil fertility, yield

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Ricardo Polón Pérez
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas

Abstract

Drainage is one of the most important agriculturalpractices for soil improvement, avoiding flooding and it is aneffective way to increase crop yields; thus, these are amongothers the advantages of its practice in the worldwideagriculture. Drainage enables not only to remove badconditions but also reduces to a minimum the possibilities ofplants to be attacked by pests and diseases. Soil fertilityenhances when its physical properties improve and theconditions are favorable for its formation processes, whichguarantees a high harvest production. Likewise, soilproductivity depends on the degree of drainage andagricultural measurements performed. They both assureharvest yield increments twice or three times, compared withnon-drained, marshy or flooded soils.

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Polón Pérez, R. (2012). Review. Main benefits reached by the adequeate practice of agricultural drainage. Cultivos Tropicales, 32(2), 52–60. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/70
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Vol. 32 No. 2 (2011)
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Original Article

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