Irrigation Management (Hardcover)  | Released: 1999

The book on Irrigation Management: A System Approach Volume I was published in 1990 by M/s Atlantic Publishers and Distributors which got very good response all over the country. The concept of irrigation management includes many entities. The attempt has been made to throw light on the left over matters in this volume. It covers various chapters pertaining to farm irrigation management, methods of irrigation and drainage, scheduling of irrigation based on consumptive use, moisture regimes for optimum plant growth, relationship between irrigation and crop production as well as aspect of irrigation engineering, soils and agronomy. It deals with the interdisciplinary approach on the irrigation management as whole system for interaction between the concerned.Table of Contents: 1. Soil and Their Irrigability Patterns for Effective Irrigation Management 2. Surface Water Hydrology 3. Methods of Irrigation 4. Irrigation Scheduling 5. Water Distribution and Delivery System Sources of Irrigation Water 6. Soil Water-Plant Relationship under Irrigated Agriculture 7. Roots, Their Mechanism of Water and Nutrients Absorption in Different Soils 8. Irrigation (Moisture) Regimes and Plant Growth 9. Infiltration Capacity and Measurement Methods 10. Runoff Characteristics 11. Water Use Efficiency in Crop Production 12. Field Drainage Notations Index