A discussion of the development of sandy land from the viewpoint of ecology

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Beijing Daziran; (United States)

OSTI ID:5958786

Xueyu, Hou

This article discusses the proper use of sandy land in China from the viewpoint of ecology. The many low-yield fields in every locality across China include sandy land that is unsuited to the cultivation of grains such as paddy rice, corn and wheat. Separate investigations of the northern plain and the southern coast between 1980 and 1982 demonstrated that sandy land in a warm climatic zone (e.g. Huang He) is suited to peanuts, soybeans and other oil-bearing crops; that forestation can be carried out on sandy land in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang; and that coastal sandy land has much salinity and is best suited to growing horsetail beefwood. Moreover, the creation of windbreaks along the coasts of southern China has lessened the threat of wind-blown sand which had made rice not worth cultivating on sandy land. It is concluded that different crops can be grown on the sandy soil of China's temperate, warm, semitropical and tropical zones.

• OSTI ID: 5958786
• Journal Information: Beijing Daziran; (United States), Journal Name: Beijing Daziran; (United States) Vol. 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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553000* -- Agriculture & Food Technology
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
AGRICULTURE
ASIA
CHINA
CLIMATES
COASTAL REGIONS
CROPS
CULTIVATION
ECOLOGY
FORESTRY
INDUSTRY
INNER MONGOLIA
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
SALINITY
SAND
TROPICAL REGIONS
WIND