Microirrigation for Crop Production (eBook, PDF)

Design, Operation, and Management

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Microirrigation has become the fastest growing segment of the irrigation industry worldwide and has the potential to increase the quality of food supply through improved water fertilizer efficiency. This book is meant to update the text "Trickle Irrigation, Design, Operation and Management". This text offers the most current understanding of the management criteria needed to obtain maximum water and fertilization efficiency.

* Presents a detailed explanation of system design, operation, and management specific to various types of MI systems
* Analyzes proper use of irrigation technology and its effect to increase efficiency
* Provides an understanding to the basic science needed to comprehend operation and management
* Over 150 figures of designs and charts of systems including, surface drip, subsurface drip, spray/microsprinkler, and more

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 642
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780080465814
• Artikelnr.: 38117749

Autorenporträt

Dr Ayars is a retired Research Agricultural Engineer with the USDA-ARS, an irrigation/drainage engineer responsible for developing research on the integrated management of irrigation and drainage systems in arid and semi-arid areas.

Honored by the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy, he also received multiple awards including long-term membership in Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta and Alpha Epsilon Honor Societies in Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering. He was awarded the Sir Frederick McMaster's Fellowship by CSIRO in Australia, received the USCID Merriam Award for Improved Irrigation and the Royce J. Tipton Award from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers for his work.

In his 40 year career, he served the research community and agricultural industry in a wide range of offices and committee assignments including extensive experience working on a United Nations Development Project in Uzbekist

an to improve irrigation and drainage water management.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Mircoirrigation Theory and Design Pinciples
A. Introduction
B. Soil Water Concepts
C. Irrigation Scheduling
D. Salinity
E. General Design Principles

II. Operation and Maintenance Principles
A. Automation
B. Application of Chemical and Biological Materials