Author:Vahrmeijer, JT; Annandale, JG; Gush, Mark B; Taylor, NJDate:Sep 2012Agriculture, as the largest user of fresh water worldwide, is under close scrutiny to justify its use of water due to the increase in competition from a number of end-users. Apart from on-farm measures to increase water use efficiency, ...Read more
Author:Ibraimo, NA; Taylor, NJ; Steyn, JM; Gush, Mark B; Annandale, JGDate:Nov 2016Mature pecans use large quantities of water and therefore the accurate estimation of water use or evapotranspiration (ET) of pecan orchards is critical for judicious irrigation water management and planning. Measuring ET under all possible ...Read more
Author:Pereira, LS; Paredes, P; Jovanovic, NebojsaDate:Nov 2020This study reviews soil water balance (SWB) model approaches to determine crop irrigation requirements and scheduling irrigation adopting the FAO56 method. The Kc-ETo approach is discussed with consideration of baseline concepts namely standard ...Read more