Improving irrigation water use efficiency: A review of advances, challenges and opportunities in the Australian context

R Koech, P Langat - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The demand for fresh water is on the increase, and the irrigation industry in Australia is
looking to a future with less water. Irrigation consumes the bulk of the water extracted from …

Surface irrigation simulation models: a review

M Valipour, MAG Sefidkouhi… - International Journal of …, 2015 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper reviews the literature and results of more than one hundred published articles in
scientific journals with respect to simulation of surface irrigation. The results showed that …

[图书][B] Principles of soil physics

R Lal, MK Shukla - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
Principles of Soil Physics examines the impact of the physical, mechanical, and hydrological
properties and processes of soil on agricultural production, the environment, and …

Agricultural and Technology-based strategies to improve water-use efficiency in Arid and Semiarid areas

S Alharbi, A Felemban, A Abdelrahim, M Al-Dakhil - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Justification: Water-use efficiency (WUE) is the amount of carbon assimilated as biomass or
grain produced per unit of water the crop uses, and it is considered a critical factor in …

[PDF][PDF] Factors affecting the infiltration of agricultural soils

F Haghnazari, H Shahgholi, M Feizi - International Journal of Agronomy …, 2015 - Citeseer
Soil infiltration refers to the soil's ability to allow water movement into and through the soil
profile. It allows the soil to temporarily store water, making it available for uptake by plants …

Assessment and simulation of water and nitrogen transfer under furrow irrigation

D Crevoisier, Z Popova, JC Mailhol, P Ruelle - Agricultural water …, 2008 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to simulate water and nitrogen transfers under two furrow
irrigation technologies (every furrow irrigation (EFI) and alternative furrow irrigation (AFI)) on …

[PDF][PDF] Review of precision irrigation technologies and their application

RJ Smith, JN Baillie, AC McCarthy… - National Centre for …, 2010 - academia.edu
Spatial variability in crop production occurs as a result of spatial and temporal variations in
soil structure and fertility; irrigation applications; pests and diseases; and plant genetics. It is …

Impact of fertilisation practices on nitrogen leaching under irrigation

J Mailhol, P Ruelle, I Nemeth - Irrigation science, 2001 - Springer
Field experiments were carried out over a 2-year period on a loamy soil plot under corn in
Montpellier (south-east France). The effectiveness of improved irrigation practices in …

Design and implementation of smart irrigation system for groundwater use at farm scale

R Zaier, S Zekri, H Jayasuriya, A Teirab… - … and Control (ICMIC), 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently there has been an excessive groundwater pumping and seawater intrusion in the
costal aquifers of Oman. To deal with this problem, a fully automated and wireless irrigation …

[PDF][PDF] WinSRFR 4.1-user manual

E Bautista, JL Schlegel… - USDA-ARS Arid …, 2012 - agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov
WinSRFR is a software package for the hydraulic analysis of surface irrigation systems. The
software integrates four different components: 1) an unsteady flow simulation engine that …