Open AccessEvaluation of Moisture Content of Soil at Different Stages of Plant Growth under Different Irrigation Treatments
Author(s) -
B. M. Naveena,
G. Prasad Babu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of plant and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-7035
DOI - 10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i730445
Subject(s) - drip irrigation , water content , irrigation , environmental science , low flow irrigation systems , soil water , surface irrigation , irrigation scheduling , distribution uniformity , agronomy , soil science , engineering , geotechnical engineering , biology
Drip irrigation is artificial technique of providing water to the roots of the plant at very low rates (2-20 litres/hour) from a system of small diameter plastic pipes fitted with emitters or drippers. A few low cost automation systems were developed and evaluated their performance with drip irrigation on sweet corn on the sandy soils of College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla. It was observed that single row drip irrigation showed better results compared to flood irrigation and paired row drip irrigation. The results indicated that the soil water distribution pattern showed the highest water content near the drip line for all scheduling techniques.As increase in time of operation Wetting diameter and Penetration depth increased in relative to time. With comparison of different irrigation systems, the soil moisture content value of before irrigation and after irrigation is better in single row drip system.