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Dr. Stacy Lewis Hutchinson
Kansas State University
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
129 Seaton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
sllhutch@ksu.edu
(785) 532-2943
www.bae.ksu.edu
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Column studies conducted during the summer of 2003 show that switch grass (Panicum virgatum) developed an extensive root zone in 6 months that increased infiltration by 3 orders of magnitude and increased water retention by 3 times compared to the unvegetated columns.

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