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Irrigation Scheduling in the Agronomic Practice

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Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture

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Accurate irrigation scheduling, based on sound scientific principles, is becoming more important each day as water supplies become scarce, as the competition for agricultural water by urban areas and industry increases, and as the price of water continues to rise. The public’s concern for quality of the groundwater supply is also growing rapidly. Indiscriminate use of pesticides and fertilizers with poor irrigation management has caused pollution problems in the groundwater as well as in soils. In order to minimize the effect of this contamination, agriculture must make more efficient use of its irrigation water by applying the proper amount of water on crops at the proper time in order to optimize crop productivity and protect the environment.

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  1. Agricultural Engineering Department, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey

    A. Yazar, R. Kanber & B. Özekýcý

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Yazar, A., Kanber, R., Özekýcý, B. (1996). Irrigation Scheduling in the Agronomic Practice. In: Pereira, L.S., Feddes, R.A., Gilley, J.R., Lesaffre, B. (eds) Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8700-6_15

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