Can Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) be a competitive irrigation system in the great plains region for commodity crops?

ASABE - 5th National Decennial Irrigation Conference 2010, Held in Conjunction with Irrigation Show 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-91

  Lamm, Freddie R ^a   Colaizzi, Paul D ^b   Bordovsky, James P ^c   Trooien, Todd P ^d   Enciso Medina, Juan ^c   Porter, Dana O ^c   Rogers, Danny H ^a   O'Brien, Daniel M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation design; Irrigation management; Microirrigation; Subsurface drip irrigation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REVENUE; IRRIGATED CROPS; IRRIGATION DESIGN; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LONG LIFE; MAINTENANCE PROBLEM; MICROIRRIGATION; MICROIRRIGATION SYSTEMS; OIL SEED CROPS; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; SYSTEM COSTS;

OILSEEDS; SUBIRRIGATION;

CROPS;

EID: 79955107227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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