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Criteria for Scheduling the Irrigation of wheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. D. Misra
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital, India
P. C. Pant
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital, India

Summary

A field experiment evaluating criteria for scheduling wheat irrigation was conducted from 1975 to 1977 in a sandy loam soil with treatments scheduled according to physiological stages, soil moisture conditions, pan evaporation and leaf water potential. Grain and straw yields, spikes/m, fertile spikelets/spike and number and weight of grains/spike were significantly influenced by treatments. Irrigation based on leaf water potential was as good as when based on physiological stages or soil moisture, and the use of pan evaporation was no better than other methods of scheduling.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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