Water use irrigation control of drip-irrigated sugarcane
| MSI99P2037 | |
| Batchelor, C. H. Soopramanien, G. C. | |
| Water use irrigation control of drip-irrigated sugarcane | |
| Lamm, F. R. (ed.), Microirrigation for a changing world: conserving resources/preserving the environment: proceedings of the Fifth International Microirrigation Congress, April 2-6, 1995, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, Florida | |
| Book chapter | |
| 1995 | |
| p.717-722 | |
| 0-929355-62-8 | |
| St Joseph, ASAE, US | |
| En | |
| En | |
| Measurements of the crop growth and water use of drip-irrigated sugarcane were made during the two crop seasons of an irrigation-scheduling experiment. Three treatments of the trial were irrigated according to estimates of cane potential evaporation and effective rainfall, two treatments were irrigated according to soil water potential measured by index tensiometers, and the final treatment was a rainfed control Although rainfall was marginally more effective and growth more uniform on tensiometer-controlled treatments, differences in yield and water use between the two scheduling methods were insignificant. Reduced water use at the beginning of the ratoon crop season as compared to the plant cane crop was attributed to reduced soil evaporation from subsurface driplines and the presence of crop residues at the soil surface. The relationship between mean monthly cane water use and stem growth was shown to be linear and independent of environmental and phenological factors. The results are discussed in terms of scheduling drip-irrigated sugarcane. | |
| SUGARCANE MICROIRRIGATION TRICKLE IRRIGATION WATER USE IRRIGATION | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Water use and management | |
| Irrigation: Drip irrigation | |
| 1995-10-09 | |
| En | |
| Institute of Hydrology; MSIRI | |
| 26 665 | |
| LIB SAD JD | |
| CAT | |
| 2 | |
| Irrig |