Monitoring Soil Moisture for Irrigation Water Management

Monitoring Soil Moisture for Irrigation Water Management
Author: Blaine Hanson
Publisher: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2007
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781601074812

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Monitoring soil moisture is an alternate method to water-based balance methods of managing irrigation water. Using this method you can "see" what is going on in the soil and determine answers to some key irrigation management questions: Did enough water infiltrate the soil? Is too much water being applied? What is the water uptake pattern of the roots? When should irrigation take place? What was the depth reached by the irrigation? Includes 24 figures and 7 tables, metric conversions, and an appendix of typical root depths. One of a series of water management handbooks prepared by the UC Irrigation Program.

Irrigated Soils, Their Fertility and Management

Irrigated Soils, Their Fertility and Management
Author: David Wynne Thorne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1949
Genre: Arid regions agriculture
ISBN:

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Problems of irrigated regions. Soils of arid regions. Soil and water relations. Soil, water, and plant relations. Plant relations to saline and alkali soils. Evaluating land for irrigation. Source and quality of irrigation water. Measuring irrigation water. Field application of water. Irrigation practices for various crops. Effects of irrigation on soil characteristics. Drainage. Reclamation and management of saline and alkali soils. Control of the physical properties od soil. Control of the biological properties of soil. Maintaining available phosphorus in soil. Potassium. Mixed fertilizers. Principles of fertilizer practice. Soil management in fruit production. Special problems in vegetable crop production. Soil management around the home.