Impact of participatory irrigation management on mulched drip irrigation technology adoption in rural Xinjiang, China

Soil particle size distribution and its relationship with soil water and salt under mulched drip irrigation in Xinjiang of China

Soil particle size distribution (PSD), one of the most important soil physical attributes, is of great importance to soil water movement, soil erosion and soil solute migration. In this study, the soil PSD of 563 soil samples from the mulched drip irrigated cotton fields in Xinjiang of China were measured by laser diffraction particle size analyzer. The soil PSD characteristics and its relation...

Effects of salinity and irrigation water management on soil and tomato in drip irrigation

In this research, the effects of irrigation with saline and fresh water through drip irrigation method and using two irrigation management strategies: M1, M2 (M1 is irrigation with fresh water in alternative with saline water, M2 is saline water in first half time of each irrigation event and fresh water in the second half), on the yield, water productivity (WP), soil salinity, plant height...

Spatial Variability and Lateral Location of Soil Moisture Monitoring Points on Cotton Mulched Drip Irrigation Field

This experiment was conducted from April to September in 2009 in Baotou-lake Farm of Korla city, Xinjiang region, China. Two experiment schemes were designed for analyzing the spatial variability and lateral orientation of monitoring points for soil moisture. In scheme 1, 44 monitoring points were positioned with sampling depth of 0~60cm. In scheme 2, 20 monitoring points were placed with sampl...

Study on factors influencing the adoption of drip irrigation by farmers in humid tropical Kerala, India

Adoption of drip irrigation in Kerala State of India is very low and potential exists toincrease its adoption in the State. A field survey was conducted in two districts to determine themajor factors influencing farmers’ adoption of drip irrigation and to draw conclusions that willhelp in developing policy and institutional interventions to encourage the adoption. The resultsindicated that adop...

Using Irrigation to Manage Weeds: A Focus on Drip Irrigation