Crop Irrigation Management

Crop Irrigation Management

Crop Irrigation Management

Corey Aiken

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ML Books International - IPS
Año de edición:
2015
ISBN:
9781632391308

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A descriptive account based on the field of crop irrigation management, with emphasis on water and soil, has been provided in this up-to-date book. It provides in-depth elucidation regarding the following topics: Reuse Water Quality, Soil and Pollution; Managing Irrigation of Crops; and Examples of Irrigation Systems. All this information has been contributed by reputed authors in their respective fields of expertise. The book should appeal to individuals interested in the safe reuse of water for irrigation purposes in terms of quality of urban drainage basins and effluent quality, as well as those engaged in research work regarding the complications of soils related to health and pollution, infiltration and impacts of irrigation, and managing irrigation systems comprising of subsurface technique of irrigation as well as basin type irrigation. The several examples are indeed a reflection of real world irrigation practices of interest to practitioners, especially when the places of the projects demonstrated herein are spread over a wide range of climatic environments.

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