Jul 28, 2011
Many California farmers are moving away from furrow and sprinkle irrigation and towards drip irrigation. Transitioning to drip irrigation can provide many benefits, including the potential to increase crop yields with less irrigation water.
UC’s Drip Irrigation Salinity Management for Row Crops provides guidelines for controlling soil salinity under drip irrigation.
Topics include:
- Crop response
- Salt distribution around drip lines
- Salinity control
- Estimating the leaching fraction
- Monitoring soil salinity
- Final considerations
- And resources for additional information
Marginal necrosis of leaf margins caused by excessive soil salinity. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark.
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