Sustainable micro irrigation design systems for agricultural crops : methods and practices

Content: Foreword 1 by Gajendra Singh   Foreword 2 by Suresh Kumar Devarajulu   Foreword 3 by B. D. Pandian   Preface       Part I: Design Methods in Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation   Drip Irrigation and Indigenous Alternatives for Use of Saline and Alkali Waters in India: Review   S. K. Gupta      Hydraulic Performance of Drip Irrigation System: Review    B. C. Kusre and Pradip K. Bora       Moisture Distribution under Drip Irrigation    D. V. Tathod, Y. V. Mahatale, and V.K. Chavan       Wetted Zone Behavior under Micro Irrigated Crops    Hammami Moncef, Daghari Hedi, and Hatira Abdessatar      Fertigation Technology in Indian Agriculture    A. S. Kadale and G. D. Gadade      Design of Buried Micro Irrigation Laterals Based on Soil Water Retention    Hammami Moncef, Zayani Khemaies, and Hedi Ben Ali      Hydraulics of Drip Irrigation Systems    Balram Panigrahi      Part II: Practices in Micro Irrigation   Impacts of Micro Irrigation Subsidies in Tamil Nadu from the World Bank    G. Parthasarathi, S. Senthilnathan, and L. Suresh      Adoption and Economic Impact Models of Micro Irrigation in Zambia   Simeon DiGennaro and David S. Kraybill      Performance of Micro Sprinkler Irrigated Groundnut    Mohammed Waseem and Ibrahim Khaleel      Irrigation Scheduling of Wheat under Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation   J. P. Vishwanath and M. M. Deshmukh      Drip Irrigation Scheduling Based on Partial Root Zone in Citrus   P. Panigrahi1, R. K. Sharma, and S. Mohanty      Drip Irrigation Scheduling for Citrus reticulata Blanco    P. Panigrahi, A. K. Srivastava, and A. D Huchche      Micro Irrigation and Fertigation Scheduling in Citrus   P. Panigrahi and A. K. Srivastava      Integrating Micro Irrigation with Rainwater Harvesting in Citrus    P. Panigrahi, A. D. Huchche, and A. K. Srivastava       Index