Irrigation management : technologies and environmental impact

Irrigation management : technologies and environmental impact /

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Ali, M. H. (Md. Hossain)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2013
Series:Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Water resource planning, development and management series.
Subjects:
Irrigation > Management.
Arid regions agriculture.
Arid regions ecology.
Saline irrigation.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT OF FIELD CROPS: RICE ; ABSTRACT ; 1. ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND CLASSIFICATION OF RICE ; 1.1. General Overview ; 1.2. Origin and Diffusion ; 1.3. Domestication ; 1.4. Hybrids ; 1.5. Outline of the Rice Life History ; The Basic Processes of the Life History of Rice Can Be Applied to Any Cultivation System, with Some Modification. ; 1.6. Classification ; 2. RICE MORPHOLOGY ; 2.1. Root Characteristics and Its Behavior.
  • 2.2. Water and Nutrient Uptake by Root System Water and Nutrient Uptake by Old and New Roots ; Root Characteristics Related to Drought Resistance ; 3. GROWTH PHASES AND STAGES OF RICE PLANT ; Vegetative Phase ; Reproductive Stage ; Ripening Phase ; 4. RICE GROWING CONDITION: SOIL AND WEATHER ; 4.1. Soil Types ; 4.2. Effect of Climate ; 4.3. Solar Radiation ; 4.4. Solar Radiation Requirement at Different Growth Stages ; 4.5. Critical Low and High Temperature ; 4.6. Effect of Water Deficit on Growth and Yield ; 4.7. Effect of Water Excess on Growth and Yield ; 5. RICE CULTIVATION METHODS.
  • 5.1. Transplanting Method 5.2. Wet Seeding Method ; 5.3. Dry Seeding Method ; 6. WATER REQUIREMENT IN RICE FIELD ; 6.1. General Overview ; 6.2. Growth Phase Wise Water Requirement of Rice ; Water Requirement during Land Preparation Period ; Evapotranspiration (ET) ; Seepage and Percolation (S & P) ; Water Balance ; Estimation of Water Requirement For Rice ; When to Irrigate and How Much Water to Apply ; 7. IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ; 7.1. Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) Method ; Practical Implementation of AWD; Field Water Tube.
  • 7.2. Supplemental Irrigation by Rain Water Harvesting for Drought Mitigation What is Supplemental Irrigation? ; Role of Supplemental Irrigation ; Timely Transplanting ; Early Drought Mitigation ; Terminal Drought Mitigation ; Determination of Time for Supplemental Irrigation ; Adoption of Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) Method; Adoption of Irrigation Three Days after Disappearing Standing Water ; Forecasting of Rainfall ; Determination of Supplemental Irrigation Quantity ; Sources of Supplemental Irrigation ; Surface Water ; On Farm Rainwater Harvest ; Ground Water.
  • Methods of Application for Supplemental Irrigation Impact of Supplemental Irrigation ; Economics of Supplemental Irrigation ; 8. IRRIGATION APPLICATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM ; 8.1. Irrigation Application System ; Gravity-Flow Systems ; Pressurized Systems ; 8.2. Irrigation Drainage Systems ; 9. OTHER PRACTICES AFFECTING IRRIGATION ; 9.1. Nutrient and Pest Management ; 9.2. Erosion Control ; 9.3. Water Conservation ; 9.4. Irrigation Technology and Environmental Benefits ; 10. FACTORS AFFECTING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION ; 10.1. Capital Requirements ; 10.2. Technology Information ; 10.3. Water Cost.

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