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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 5
First page : (227) Last page : (239)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7513

Study of Wetting Pattern under Drip Irrigation with Varying Discharge and Irrigation Interval for the Soil of Dediapada

Sondarva, K. N.^1* , Jayswal, P.S.², Hadiya J. V.³ and Dodiya V. R.^4
1Assistant Professor, College of Agril. Engg. & Tech., NAU, Dediapada-393040
²Subject Mater Specialists (Agril. Engg.), Krishi Vignan Kendra, JAU, Amreli-365601
^3,4B.Tech Students, College of Agril Engg. & Tech., NAU, Dediapada-393040
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ketansondarva@nau.in
Received: 5.02.2020 | Revised: 13.03.2020 | Accepted: 23.03.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Drip irrigation system should be designed so that the soil volume being wetted should match the root characters. To achieve this, the shape and the dimensions of the wetted soil volume underneath drip irrigated crops, should be accurately determined. This is used for better understanding of the movement of water in soil in response to a surface point source. To understand the wetting pattern of drip irrigation under soil of Dediapada the experiment was conducted at the field of College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Dediapada during year 2017. The treatments of the experiment were 3 levels of emitter discharge i.e., 2, 4 & 8 LPH and 3 levels of irrigation duration i.e., 1, 2 & 3 hours. The results revealed that the horizontal wetting is higher than vertical wetting; using 8 LPH emitter with irrigation time of 3 hours gave highest horizontal and vertical wetting. From the results obtained under this study, it could be concluded that during summer season, using low emitting dripper are more beneficial due to higher vertical wetting then horizontal wetting.

Keyword: Drip irrigation system, Water, Soil, Crops

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Cite this article: Sondarva, K. N., Jayswal, P. S., Hadiya, J. V., & Dodiya V. R. (2020). Study of Wetting Pattern under Drip Irrigation with Varying Discharge and Irrigation Interval for the Soil of Dediapada, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(5), 227-239. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7513