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Introducing direct root‐zone deficit irrigation to conserve water and enhance grape quality in the Pacific Northwest

Author(s) -

Jacoby Peter,

Ma Xiaochi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

crops and soils

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2325-3606

pISSN - 0162-5098

DOI - 10.2134/cs2018.51.0510

Subject(s) - dns root zone , drip irrigation , wine grape , irrigation , agricultural engineering , environmental science , root (linguistics) , deficit irrigation , wine , mathematics , irrigation management , horticulture , agronomy , engineering , biology , linguistics , philosophy , food science

In 2015, a project was launched to evaluate the potential for using a new form of sub‐surface drip irrigation. Rather than applying micro‐irrigation through horizontal buried lines, drip irrigation was delivered into vertical tubes placed 1 to 4 ft into the root‐zone soil. Juice and wine grapes were selected as the model plant systems for these proof‐of‐concept trials. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Soil & Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/575 .

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