population growth as well as global fresh water shortage problem have necessitated the use of unconventional water resources in agricultural sector, as the largest consumer of fresh water, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. in this study, the effect of four irrigation methods on yield, uptake of water and important nutrients, and the salt accumulation in soil was investigated using a com...

Drip irrigation is broadly extended in order to save water in the arid cotton production region of China. Biochar is thought to be a useful soil amendment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Here, a field study was conducted to compare the emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) under different irrigation methods (drip irrigation (D) and furrow irrigation (F)) and fertilization...

There is increasing evidence of the contribution of irrigation water in the contamination of produce leading to subsequent outbreaks of foodborne illness. This is a particular risk in the production of leafy vegetables that will be eaten raw without cooking. Retailers selling leafy vegetables are increasingly targeting zero-risk production systems and the associated requirements for irrigation ...

This paper has the goal of exploring the possibility of using EMERGY in sustainability evaluation. A case study that compares the sustainability of two maize irrigation systems (furrow vs. solid set sprinkler, both with electric pumping) is used as the basis of the discussion. The furrow irrigation system presents a lower total EMERGY, yielding a lower transformity. The main reason is the lower...

coriander is one of the important economic plants for medicinal production. this investigation consists of the effects of different drip irrigation (surface and subsurface) and furrow irrigation methods on grain, oil and essential of coriander. for this purpose, experiment over the past two years (2010 and 2011) in a randomized complete block was designed in three replications. treatments were ...

Between 1995 and 2003 sugarcane farmers in Bundaberg had access to limited irrigation water. Over this time water allocations were effectively a quarter of the requirements for a fully irrigated crop. In response to this problem irrigation strategies were developed to assist farmers. Field investigations focused on the performance of water winch and furrow irrigation systems, which make up 91% ...

the parameters of infiltration equations have a key role to evaluate and design irrigation systems and it is essential to estimate them with high accuracy for increasing irrigation efficiency. in the present study, two approaches consisting multilevel optimization method using advance, recession and runoff data and the iparm model using advance and runoff data were compared for estimating infil...