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Advances in irrigation. Volume 2 /
Advances in Irrigation, Volume 2 covers topics on the developments in the science and practice of irrigation. The book presents articles on irrigation scheduling and applied timing criteria; the problem of energy utilization and management in irrigation; and the relationship between irrigation requi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Academic Press, Inc.,
1983.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Irrigation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors to This Volume; Preface; Contents of Volume 1; Chapter 1. Irrigation Scheduling: Applied Timing Criteria; I. Introduction; II. Fundamental Scheduling Concepts; III. Parameter Thresholds as Timing Criteria; IV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2. Energy Utilization and Management in Irrigation; I. Introduction; II. Energy Used in Irrigation; III. Energy Management Practices Available to Irrigators; IV. Economic Considerations of Alternative Irrigation Management Practices; V. Future Energy Sources.
- VI. SummaryReferences; Chapter 3. Crop-Water Production Functions; I. Introduction; II. A Review of Agronomic and Physiological Production Functions; III. A Review of Economic Production Functions; IV. An Assessment of the Crop-Water Production Function Literature; V. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 4. Irrigation in Australia: Development and Prospects; I. Development of Irrigation; II. Current Efficiency of Irrigation Agriculture; III. Salinity Problems Associated with Irrigation Development; IV. Biological Limitations to Productivity; V. Prospects for Improvement.
- VI. ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 5. Application of a Plant-Environment Model to Problems in Irrigation; I. Introduction; II. Brief Description of the Model Cupid; III. Model Comparison with Field Measurements; IV. Water and Energy Budgets during an Irrigation Cycle; V Influence of Irrigation on Leaf Wetness Duration; VI. Comparison of Cupid with Simpler Models; VII. Discussion; References; Chapter 6. Field Variability of Soil Physical Properties; I. Introduction; II. Spatial Variation in Field Soils; III. Scaling Theory and Applications; IV. Steady Flow in Nonuniform Soils.
- v. Nonsteady Flow in Nonuniform SoilsVI. Concluding Remarks; List of Symbols; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 7. Economic Analysis of On-Farm Irrigation Using Response Functions of Crops; I. Introduction; II. The ""Macro"" Response or Production Function in an Individual Crop with a Fixed Intraseasonal Distribution of Water; III. Incorporation of the ""Macro"" Response Functions into Farm Production and Irrigation Planning; IV. ""Dated"" Crop Response Functions to Irrigation and Soil Moisture; V. Irrigation Scheduling: Optimization of Timing and Quantities of Irrigation Water.
- Appendix: Application of Linear Programming to Optimal Crop Selection and Irrigation RegimesReferences; Chapter 8. Irrigation Scheduling Based on a Dynamic Crop Response Model; I. Introduction; II. The Dynamic Crop Response Model; III. A Test of the Model's Validity; IV. The Decision Rationale for Irrigation Scheduling; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; References; Chapter 9. A Model of Root Growth and Water Uptake Accounting for Photosynthesis, Respiration, Transpiration, and Soil Hydraulics; I. Introduction; II. Conceptual Basis; III. Governing Equations and Model Structure; IV. Simulation Trials.