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Water Use in Crop Production (Hardcover)
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Make the best use of available water for your crops Water Use in
Crop Production explores innovative methods that determine how much
water certain crops need, in certain climates, in order to ensure
adequate plant growth and help eliminate water waste. Through this
informative book, agronomists, growers, researchers, and graduate
students will find methods and techniques for effective water
management that will save money and conserve water. Water Use in
Crop Production will enable you enhance crop quality and quantity
and save one of the earth's most important resource.Comprehensive
and thorough, this essential book combines two vital needs, food
and water, and examines what must be done in order to keep up with
the ever-growing human population. Explaining conservation
techniques used in Argentina, Australia, Israel, Morocco, New
Zealand, the Philippines, Spain, and the United States, Water Use
in Crop Production will help you achieve this goal as it discusses
water management measures including: avoiding excessive deep
percolation reducing runoff lessening water evaporation through
methods such as reducing the capillary water flow to the surface of
the soil determining the rates at which water is demanded and can
be supplied in a specific area to create a plan for limiting water
loss studying the root structure of plants to calculate how much
water they need using deficit irrigation to help plants save water
for future use evaluating citrus water use through the
Penman-Monteith model Containing charts, tables, and examples of
the concepts it discusses, this book is the culmination of the
latest studies on water storage. Water Use in Crop Production
provides you with reliable strategies and methods that will help
you lessen water expenditures and improve the vitality of crops
anywhere in the world.
General
Imprint: |
Food Products Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2000 |
First published: |
2000 |
Authors: |
M. B. Kirkham
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
385 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56022-068-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Professional & Technical >
Agriculture & farming >
General
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LSN: |
1-56022-068-6 |
Barcode: |
9781560220688 |
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