Irrigation Practice and Water Management
- ISBN-10
- 9251014795
- ISBN-13
- 9789251014790
- Category
- Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
- Pages
- 63
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- Food & Agriculture Org
- Authors
- Lloyd David Doneen, D. W. Westcot
Description
Introduction;soil;soil texture;soil structure;storage of soil moisture;measuring soil moisture;judging soil moisture conditions in the field;how soils are wetted;influence of a soil profile on the wetting of soil;evaporation and moisture movement;use of water by plants;irrigationexperiments for improving irrigation practice;infiltration rates;method of irrigation;land grading for surface irrigation;irrigation efficiency.
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Other editions
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- 1971
- 84 pages
- Paperback
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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