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Shelterbelt Structure and Crop Protection from Increased Typhoon Activity in Northeast China

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  • Xuelu Cai

    (College of Forestry, The Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China)

  • Mark Henderson

    (Mills College, Oakland, CA 94613, USA)

  • Ligang Wang

    (Qiqihar Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Forestry, Qiqihar 161005, China
    National Permanent Scientific Research Base on Shelter forest in Nenjiang Plain, Qiqihar 161005, China)

  • Yuanhang Su

    (College of Forestry, The Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China)

  • Binhui Liu

    (College of Forestry, The Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China)

Abstract

Global warming has led to increases in the frequency and intensity of typhoons. In recent years, super typhoons have had a greater impact on agriculture in the black soil farmland of Northeast China, posing serious threats to crop growth. Planting trees as windbreaks and to reduce erosion is common in this region, but their protective effects against crop damage from typhoons is still unknown. This paper studied the protective effect of different shelterbelt structures on crops that encountered a super typhoon. The results show that the distance between shelterbelt rows and shelterbelt porosity have significant influences on the starting lodging distance of crops behind the shelterbelt. Increasing the shelterbelt distance between shelterbelt rows or reducing shelterbelt porosity can enhance their protective effects on crops. Among the main crops, rice has the strongest lodging resistance, followed by soybeans, with maize being the least resistant. The protective effect of mixed tree and shrub shelterbelts is better than that of single tree species shelterbelts. Dead or missing trees reduce the shelterbelt protective effect. These results provide strategies for reducing the impact of more intense and frequent super typhoons.

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  • Xuelu Cai & Mark Henderson & Ligang Wang & Yuanhang Su & Binhui Liu, 2021. "Shelterbelt Structure and Crop Protection from Increased Typhoon Activity in Northeast China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:11:y:2021:i:10:p:995-:d:654984
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