Drip and evaporation
| dc.contributor.author | Evett, Steven R., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Colaizzi, Paul D., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Howell, Terry A., author | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Great Plains | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-21T18:25:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-21T18:25:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-02 | |
| dc.description | Presented at the Central Plains irrigation conference on February 16-17, 2005 in Sterling, Colorado. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Loss of water from the soil profile through evaporation from the soil surface is an important contributor to inefficiency in irrigated crop production. Residue management systems may reduce this evaporative loss, but cannot be used in all cropping systems. Choice of the irrigation system and its management also can reduce evaporative loss. In particular, subsurface drip irrigation limits soil surface wetting and can lead to an overall reduction in evapotranspiration (crop water use) of as much as 10%. The example presented shows that most of the water savings occur early in the season when crop cover is not yet complete. Because evaporation from the soil surface has a cooling effect on the soil in the root zone, irrigation methods that limit evaporation will result in smaller fluctuations in soil temperature and warmer soil temperatures overall. For some crops such as cotton, this has beneficial effects that include earlier root growth, better plant development and larger yields. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | CD-ROMs | |
| dc.format.medium | proceedings (reports) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/205462 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Irrigation Management | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings for the 2005 Central Plains irrigation conference, Sterling, Colorado, February 16-17 | |
| dc.rights | Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. | |
| dc.source | Contained in: Proceedings for the 2005 Central Plains irrigation conference, Sterling, Colorado, February 16-17, http://hdl.handle.net/10217/45832 | |
| dc.title | Drip and evaporation | |
| dc.type | Text |
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