Importance of irrigation regime, dripline placement and row spacing in the drip irrigation of sugar cane

Code (CO)	MSI99P0117
Author (AU)	Batchelor, C. H. Soopramanien, G. C. Bell, J. P. Nayamuth, A. R. Hodnett, M. G.
Title - English (ET)	Importance of irrigation regime, dripline placement and row spacing in the drip irrigation of sugar cane
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1990
Series (SE)	Agric. Water Manage.
ISSN (SN)	0378-3774
Source (SO)	17: 75-94
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	A trial was carried out in Mauritius to determine the most appropriate combination of irrigation regime, dripline placement and row spacing for drip-irrigated sugarcane grown under local conditions is described. Measurements were made of cane growth and yield on 14 treatments throughout 3 crop seasons ( a plant cane crop and 2 ratoon crops). Detailed measurement were also made of the distribution of soil water potential on each of the 14 treatments using 2-dimensional arrays of tensiometers. These data were used to explain differences between treatments in both cane growth and yield. Periods of over and under-irrigation were identified. Recommendations are made for the design and management of drip schemes sited on similar climatic conditions.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE TRICKLE IRRIGATION IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Water use and management
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Irrigation: Drip irrigation
Date record entered (DA)	1992-02-07
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, Réduit; Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford
Location (LO)	LIB BOT
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	BOT