Greater yield with less water
Aug 31, 2020
3 minutes
Continuous irrigation involves using low-delivery drippers to irrigate at a very low level over a longer time. The decreased application rate is balanced by the maximum daily water use over the total consumption period of the crop. The main change has been the move from several irrigation shifts to one irrigation shift.
As knowledge of plants’ water requirements and the ability to measure factors such as soil and plant moisture have improved, irrigation scheduling has evolved. One lesson learnt is that traditional application of drip irrigation
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