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SUSTAINABLE
MICRO IRRIGATION
MANAGEMENT
FOR TREES AND VINES

Research Advances in Sustainable Micro Irrigation
VOLUME 3
SUSTAINABLE
MICRO IRRIGATION
MANAGEMENT
FOR TREES AND VINES
Edited by
Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors ...........................................................................................vii
List of Abbreviations ..........................................................................................ix
List of Symbols ....................................................................................................xi
Preface ..............................................................................................................xiii
Foreword by Miguel Muñoz Muñoz .................................................................xvii
Foreword by Gajendra Singh ............................................................................xxi
Foreword by R. K. Sivanappan .........................................................................xxv
Foreword by Marvin J. Jensen ........................................................................xxix
Book Series: Research Advances in Sustainable Micro Irrigation ...........xxxi
About the Senior Editor-in-Chief ...................................................................xxxiii
Warning/Disclaimer ........................................................................................xxxv
PART I: PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE MICRO IRRIGATION FOR
TREES AND VINES
1. Principles of Automation ..................................................................................1
Megh R. Goyal
2. Principles of Service and Maintenance ..........................................................25
Megh R. Goyal
3. Evaluation of the Uniformity Coeffi cients .....................................................33
Vincent F. Bralts
4. Water Management in Citrus: India .............................................................45
P. S. Shirgure
5. Advances in Irrigation and Fertigation Management: Citrus ...................61
P. S. Shirgure
6. Micro Irrigation Potential in Fruit Crops: India..........................................79
R. K. Sivanappan
7. Quality of Municipal Wastewater for Micro Irrigation ...............................95
Vinod Kumar Tripathi, T. B. S. Rajput, and Neelam Patel, and Lata
8. Evaluation of Micro Irrigation with Municipal Wastewater .....................109
Vinod Kumar Tripathi, T. B. S. Rajput, Neelam Patel, and Lata
vi Contents
PART II: R ESEARCH ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS
9. Effects of Irrigation Methods on Fruit Performance of Acid Lime ..........123
P. S. Shirgure, A. K. Srivastava, and S. Singh
10. Performance of Citrus reticulata cv. Blanco with Micro-jet Irrigation ....131
Parameshwar S. Shirgure and Anoop K. Srivastava
11. Micro Irrigation Scheduling in Nagpur Mandarin .....................................145
P. S. Shirgure
12. Performance of Nagpur Mandarin with Practices .....................................155
P. S. Shirgure
13. Potassium Fertigation in Nagpur Mandarin ...............................................169
P. S. Shirgure and A. K. Srivastava
14. Sensor Based Irrigation Scheduling in Blueberries ....................................181
B. Keith Bellingham
Bibliography ....................................................................................................201
Appendices .......................................................................................................293
Index ................................................................................................................307
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
B. Keith Bellingham, PhD, PH
Certified Professional Hydrologist, and Soil Scientist, Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc., 12067 NE
Glenn Widing Drive Suite 106, Portland-Oregon-97220-USA. Phone: [phone], Email: kbelling-
[email protected] http://www.stevenswater.com/contact.aspx
Vincent F. Bralts, PhD, PE
Professor Purdue University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, 225 South University
Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907–2093. Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: bralts@perdue.
edu; website: https://www.purdue.edu/abe
Amy Fulcher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Ornamental Plant Production and Landscape Management, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, Tel. office: 865-974-7152, Email: [email protected],
Robert Geneve, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40546, Tel. office: 859-257-
8610, Email: [email protected].
Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE
Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Campus; and Senior Technical Editor-in-Chief in Agriculture Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Apple
Academic Press Inc., PO Box 86, Rincon, PR – 00677, USA. Email: [email protected]
Marvin E. Jensen, PhD, PE
Retired Research Program Leader at USDA-ARS and Irrigation Consultant. 1207 Spring Wood Drive, Fort
Collins, Colorado 80525, USA. Email: [email protected]
Pradeep Kumar, PhD
Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India
Lata, PhD
Principal Scientist, Water Technology Centre (WTC), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi, Delhi 110012, India
Miguel A. Muñoz-Muñoz
Ex-President of University of Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, College of Agri-
culture Sciences, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR. 00681-9000. Tel. [phone], Email: miguel.munoz3@
upr.edu
Susmitha Nambuthiri, PhD
Post doctoral Scholar, Dept. of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546. Email: ss-
[email protected]
Neelam Patel, PhD
Senior Scientist, Water Technology Centre (WTC), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi, Delhi 110012, India, Email: [email protected]
T. B. S. Rajput, PhD
Principal Scientist, Water Technology Centre (WTC), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi, Delhi 110012, India, Email: [email protected]
viii List of Contributors
Parameshwar S. Shirgure, PhD
Senior Scientist for Soil and Water Engineering, National Research Center for Citrus, Indian Council of
Agricultural Research, Amravati Road, Nagpur, India, 440010. Email: [email protected]
Gajendra Singh
Former Vice-President, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. C-86, Millennium Apartments, Plot E-10A,
Sector 61, NOIDA – U.P. – 201301, India, Mobile: [phone], Email: [email protected].
Shyam Singh, PhD
Consultant Horticulture at Government of Mizoram India, Former Director and Mission Leader (Technol-
ogy Mission on Citrus) at National Research Center for Citrus, Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Amravati Road, Nagpur, India, 440010.
R. K. Sivanappan
Former Dean and Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University at Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu, India; and
Consultant, 14, Bharathi Park, 4th Cross Road, Coimbatore 641043, India. Email: sivanappan@hotmail.
com
Anoop K. Srivastava, PhD
Principal Scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India – 482 004
Vinod Kumar Tripathi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Centre for Water Engineering and Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Ratu-
Loharghat road, Brambe, Ranchi- Jharkhand – 835205, India, Mobile: [phone]; Email: tripathiwt-
[email protected]