Effect of irrigation systems, amounts of irrigation water and mulching on corn yield, water use efficiency and net profit

M.H. Abd El-Wahed and E.A. Ali

Agricultural Water Management, 2013, vol. 120, issue C, 64-71

Abstract: Two field experiments were conducted in a sandy soil to study the effects of two irrigation systems [drip (DIS) and sprinkler (SIS)], three amounts of irrigation water (AIW) [I100=100%, I85=85% and I70=70% of the crop evapotranspiration] and five mulching [farmyard manure (FYM)] treatments [0tonha−1 (FYM0), 10tonha−1 spread on the soil surface or incorporated with surface layer (FYM10s or FYM10m, respectively) and 20tonha−1 spread on the soil surface or incorporated with surface layer (FYM20s or FYM20m, respectively)] on corn yield, water use efficiency (WUE) and net profit.

Keywords: Drip and sprinkler irrigation; Irrigation scheduling; Farmyard manure; Corn; Water use efficiency and net profit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.017

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