Author: Edward James WicksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Irrigation in Fruit Growing
Author: Edward James WicksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Irrigation in Fruit Growing
Author: Edward James WicksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Orchard Irrigation
Author: Samuel FortierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Irrigation in Fruit Growing
Author: E. J. WicksonPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780353997547
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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Orchard Irrigation and Soil Management Practices
Author: Bibhas Chandra MazumdarPublisher: Daya Books
ISBN: 9788170353478
Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Although there exists a number of books providing procedural details on scientific husbandry of the various fruit crops grown in India, separate titles covering elaborate discussions on the principles of fruit culture befitting to this country are inadequate. While considering the gap, the present text has fundamental aspects on the principles of fruit culture, which are orchard irrigation and soil management practices, the pertinence of which to gain expertise on fruit crop husbandry needs no emphasis. The title has aimed at presenting the subject in a clearly understandable from to meet the requirements of the post graduate and the advanced level of under graduate students of horticulture in India for preparing them to take up studies on the husbandry of fruit crops in a critical manner, besides providing practical informations to the fruit growing personnels in this country. Contents Part I: Orchard Irrigation; Chapter 1: Importance of Orchard Irrigation; Chapter 2: Factors Affecting Irrigation Requirement of Fruit Crops, Plant factor, Soil condition, Rainfall, Atmospheric condition, Topography, Cultural aspect; Chapter 3: Determining Irrigation Requirement, By determining moisture content of soil, By determining moisture content of leaves, By conducting irrigational trials, From personal experiences; Chapter 4: Surface Irrigation System, Flooding, Check or bed method, Furrow method, Border method, Basin method, Ring method, Combine methods, Drip (surface-drip) method, Perforated pitcher (surface-drip) method, Pipe method, Soil sloping (contour) method; Chapter 5: Sub-surface Irrigation System, Straight trench method, Cross trench method, Circular trench method, Perforated pipeline method, Trench drip method, Buried (concealed) drip method; Chapter 6: Overhead Irrigation System; Chapter 7: Precautions of Irrigation, Drainage, Quality of water, Water contact at tree bases, Injury to roots, Irrigation during pruning, Stages of growth, Rootstock, Irrigation in dry soil, Regulating flow of irrigation water, Wastage of water, Use of drained water, Time of irrigation. Part II: Orchard Soil Management Practices; Chapter 1: Concepts of Orchard Soil Management, Basic principles, Systems of management; Chapter 2: Management Without Growing any Extra Plant (Clean Culture), Clean culture by ploughing, Clean culture by application of weedicides, Clean culture by mud-plastering; Chapter 3: Management by Growing Economically Important Plants (Crop Culture), Growing secondary fruit crops (fillers), Growing other secondary crops of economic importance (inter-cropping); Chapter 4: Management by Growing Soil-conserving Plants (Cover-cropping); Chapter 5: Management by Growing Grasses (Sod-culture); Chapter 6: Management by Green Manuring; Chapter 7: Management by Soil Coverage (Mulching); Appendix I: Botanical Names of Plants Referred to in the Text; Appendix II: Irrigational Particulars; Appendix III: Conversion Factors.
Tree Fruit Irrigation
Author: Kathleen M. WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Fruit-growing Under Irrigation
Author: Franz Rudolf ArndtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evaporation, drying and curing
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Horticulture by Irrigation
Author: A. E. GipsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horticulture
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Irrigation Practice Among Fruit Growers on the Pacific Coast
Author: Edward James WicksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Advances in Irrigation Agronomy
Author: M. K. V. CarrPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107037352
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
A synthesis of international research on the water requirements of eleven major fruit crops, highlighting opportunities for improving water productivity.