Converting from Gallons -- to Inches -- to Runtime Hours for Row Crop Drip Irrigation Systems

4 pp. === Many growers in Arizona are switching from surface to drip irrigation. This change requires many changes in water management. One of the changes that growers are having the most difficulty with is the concept of applying gallons of water instead of inches. This paper helps growers make...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin, Edward, Baretto, Armando
Other Authors: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
Language:en_US
Published: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/147032
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Summary:4 pp. === Many growers in Arizona are switching from surface to drip irrigation. This change requires many changes in water management. One of the changes that growers are having the most difficulty with is the concept of applying gallons of water instead of inches. This paper helps growers make this conversion from inches to gallons and then back again. An accompanying EXCEL program, available on the web, will help growers determine run times and application amounts.