Water: Advanced Irrigation Technologies

Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 378-406

  Hedley, C B ^a   Knox, J W ^b   Raine, S R ^c   Smith, R ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automation; Chemigation; Deficit; Efficiency; Feedback control; Fertigation; Furrow; Micro; Modernization; Partial root zone drying; Precision; Scheduling; Soil moisture; Sprinkler; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919794068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00087-5     Document Type: Chapter

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