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An Introduction to Drip Irrigation
www.cropinfo.net/drip.htm 2010/09/01 (34734 bytes)
In an effort to find an alternative method of irrigating crops with high water demands in an arid region, we considered drip irrigation. ... Drip irrigation reduces water contact with crop leaves, stems, and fruit. ...

Drip Irrigation Management Factors for 'Umatilla Russet ...
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/2001/01DripFacto.htm 2010/09/03 (110066 bytes)
Water quality and water scarcity issues and may lead some growers to adopt drip irrigation for potato production. ... This was the second year of testing 'Umatilla Russet' potatoes grown with variable irrigation criteria and drip tape placement. ...

Growers Use Less Nitrogen Fertilizer on Drip-Irrigated Onion ...
cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/2004/Onion Drip Nitrogen04.htm 2010/08/31 (19548 bytes)
Drip irrigation is generally used on fields with imperfect topography, lower soil fertility, and histories of lower productivity compared to the fields used for furrow irrigation. ... While 320 lb N/acre is commonly used in furrow-irrigated onion production, drip-irrigated onion is not very responsive ...

Management Factors Enhancing The Feasibility of Subsurface ...
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/1999/drip99factorial.htm 2010/08/10 (52825 bytes)
As an alternative to reduce the cost of using drip irrigation for potatoes, one tape was used in a wide raised bed to irrigate two rows of plants. ... For drip irrigation, since the amount of water added each time is much less than the other systems, a wetter irrigation criteria may be required. ...

Drip-Irrigation Management Factors for Umatilla Russet Produciton
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/2000/DripFactorial00.htm 2010/09/02 (47189 bytes)
This was the second year of testing 'Umatilla Russet' potatoes grown under drip irrigation. Last year's annual report has the data for the 1999 trial. Water quality and scarcity issues may lead some growers to adopt drip irrigation for production...

Irrigation Frequency, Drip Tape Flow Rate, and Onion Performance
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/2003/onidripfreq03.htm 2010/09/01 (79359 bytes)
Onion production with subsurface drip irrigation has proven at the Malheur Experiment Station to be highly productive on sites that are difficult to irrigate. ... An irrigation frequency of up to eight times a day in small increments is not feasible on a commercial scale. ...

Automation of Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Onion Production
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/1996/ondrip96.htm 2010/08/19 (23107 bytes)
Information on soil water potential was used to automatically control a subsurface-drip irrigation system for onion production. Granular matrix sensors provided the soil water potential data. A datalogger was programmed to maintain soil water ...

Irrigation Managment for Drip-Irrigated Onions
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/1998/drip.onion.html 2010/09/01 (30664 bytes)
Vision) were submitted to 8 soil water potential (swp) treatments using subsurface drip irrigation in 1997 and 1998. ... The automated drip irrigation system maintained the swp at 8-in depth relatively constant for the -10 kPa and -20 kPa treatments (Fig. 1) ...

PLANT POPULATION AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION FOR SUBSURFACE ...
www.cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/2000/ondrip00.htm 2010/08/30 (77795 bytes)
Onion yield and grade was tested in response to a combination of seven nitrogen fertilizer rates and four plant populations under subsurface drip irrigation on Owyhee silt loam. All treatments were irrigated automatically with 0.06 inches of ...

Iirrigation Systems Aan Bed Configuration Influence Potato ...
cropinfo.net/AnnualReports/2006/PotatoIrrigation2006.html 2010/07/27 (115165 bytes)
Maintenance of a proper balance between soil water and soil air in the root zone for ideal root and tuber growth can be achieved by careful management of irrigation scheduling with properly designed furrow-, sprinkler-, and drip-irrigation systems. ...