Fertigation Technologies for Micro Irrigated Crops

This new volume addresses the global water crisis by presenting new ways to use irrigation water judiciously through innovative fertigation management. It looks at the research and review work done throughout the world on micro irrigation and the techno-economic feasibility of various fertigation irrigation water management systems.Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, the chapters look atusing fertigation to increase the effectiveness of irrigation systemscrop performance evaluation of various crops under fertigation and irrigation methodsestimating levels of crop requirementsscheduling of fertigation and irrigationnew fertigation equipment and technologycost components of the various irrigation and fertigation systems