Technological Interventions in Management of Irrigated Agriculture

328 Pages·2018·40.95 MB·English

by  Megh R. Goyal

TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
IN MANAGEMENT OF
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE

Innovations in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
IN MANAGEMENT OF
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
Edited by
Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE
Susmitha S. Nambuthiri, PhD
Richard Koech, PhD
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Technological interventions in management of irrigated agriculture / edited by Megh R. Goyal,
PhD, PE, Susmitha S. Nambuthiri, PhD, Richard Koech, PhD.
(Innovations in agricultural and biological engineering)
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1. Irrigation--Technological innovations. 2. Irrigation--Management. 3. Water in agriculture-
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Innovations in agricultural and biological engineering
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors .........................................................................................vii
List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................xi
Preface 1 by Megh R. Goyal ...........................................................................xv
Preface 2 by Susmitha S. Nambuthiri ..........................................................xxiii
Preface 3 by Richard Koech..........................................................................xxv
Warning/Disclaimer ....................................................................................xxvii
About the Senior Editor-in-Chief .................................................................xxix
About the Co-Editors ...................................................................................xxxi
Other Books on Agricultural & Biological Engineering ...........................xxxiii
Editorial .......................................................................................................xxxv
Part I: Engineering Interventions in Irrigation Management ................1
1. Simple Spreadsheet Method for Scheduling Irrigation ...............................3
Eric W. Harmsen
2. Estimation of Crop Water Requirement and Seasonal Irrigation
Water Demand for Eragrostis tef: Model-Based Analysis .........................19
Fitsume Yemenu Desta, Micheal Eshetu Bisa, Gebeyehu Tegenu, Asheber Haile, and
Girma Kassa
3. Recent Trends in Water-Use Optimization of Surface Irrigation
Systems in Australia ......................................................................................29
R. K. Koech and P. K. Langat
4. Hydraulic Design and Management of Surface Irrigation System ..........47
Philip K. Langat and Richard K. Koech
Part II: Technological Interventions in Management of
Soil Properties ....................................................................................61
5. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Water Storage in a
Farmer’s Field ...............................................................................................63
Susmitha S. Nambuthiri
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6. Use of Spectral Data from On-The-Go Multispectral Cameras to
Monitor Soil Surface Moisture: The Partial Least-Square
Regression for Data Mining, Analysis, and Prediction ............................113
Eduardo A. Rienzi, Blazan Mijatovic, Chris J. Matocha, Frank J. Sikora, and Tom Mueller
7. Long-Term Effects of Conversion from Natural Forest to Tea
Cultivation on Soil Properties: Humid Northern Black Sea Region ......125
Turan Yüksek, Ceyhun Göl, Filiz Yüksek, and Esin Erdogan Yüksel
Part III: Technological Interventions for Soil and
Water Conservation .........................................................................145
8. Yield and Water Productivity Analysis of Tomato Crop Under
Water Stress Conditions in Ethiopia .........................................................147
Michael Eshetu Bisa, Fitsume Yemenu Desta, and Elena Bresci
9. Use of Coir Geotextiles for Soil and Water Conservation:
Case Studies from India .............................................................................161
Subha Vishnudas, K. R. Anil, Hubert H. G. Savenije, and Pieter Van Der Zaag
Part IV: Crop Management for Non-Conventional Use ......................211
10. Practices in Nitrogen Fertilization of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.):
Effects on the Distribution of Protein Sub-Fractions, Amino Acids,
and Starch Characteristics .........................................................................213
Divya Jain, Bavita Asthir, and Deepak Kumar Verma
11. Symplocos paniculata (Sapphire Berry): A Woody and
Energy-Efficient Oil Plant ..........................................................................245
Qiang Liu, Youping Sun, Jingzheng Chen, Peiwang Li, Genhua Niu, Changzhu Li, and
Lijuan Jiang
12. Salt-Tolerant Bioenergy Crops for Improving Productivity
of Marginal Lands.......................................................................................257
Youping Sun, Genhua Niu, Peiwang Li, and Joe Masabni
Glossary of Technical Terms ..............................................................................275
Index .....................................................................................................................281
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
K. R. Anil, MTech
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology,
Cochin-22 and Director, National Coir Research Management Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala, India,
E-mail: [email protected]
Bavita Asthir, PhD
Senior Biochemist-cum-Head, Department of Biochemistry, Collage of Basic Sciences and Humanities,
Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India. E-mail: [email protected];
[email protected]
Michael Eshetu Bisa, MSc
Lecturer, Department of Water Resource and Irrigation Engineering, Arba Minch University, POB 21,
Arba Minch, Ethiopia. E-mail: [email protected]
Elena Bresci, PhD
Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems, University of Firenze, Via San
Bonaventura 13, Firenze 50145, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]
Jingzheng Chen, MSc
Ph.D. Candidate and Research Scientist, Hunan Academy of Forestry, 658 South Shaoshan Rd.,
Changsha, Hunan 410004, China. E-mail: [email protected]
Gaurav S. Dave, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot 360005, Gujarat, India.
E-mail: [email protected]
Pieter Van der Zaag, PhD
Professor and Head, IWSG Department, Water Resources Section, UNESCO-IHE, Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
Fitsume Yemenu Desta, MSc
Ph.D. Student, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, POB 2350, 137
Mann St. Armidale, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Savan D. Fasara, MSc
Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. E-mail:
[email protected]
Ceyhun Göl, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Forest Engineering, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, 18200,
Turkey.
Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE
Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico–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]
Asheber Haile, MSc
Associate Researcher, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural research, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research
Center, POB 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Eric W. Harmsen, PhD
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez,
Puerto Rico 00681, USA. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; Website: www.
pragwater.com
Divya Jain, MSc
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Collage of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab
Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India. E-mail: [email protected]
Lijuan Jiang, PhD
Professor, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Rd., Changsha,
Hunan 410004, China. E-mail: [email protected]
Girma Kassa, MSc
Associate Researcher, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural research, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research
Center, POB 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. E-mail: [email protected]
Chhaya R. Kasundra, MSc
Student, Department of Biochemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
E-mail:[email protected]
Bhavesh D. Kevadiya, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. E-mail: bbhavesh-
[email protected]
R. K. Koech, PhD
Program Leader, Agricultural Water Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science,
University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
Prashant D. Kunjadia, PhD
Assistant Professor, B. N. Patel Institute of Paramedical and Science, Bhalej Road, Anand, Gujarat, India.
E-mail: [email protected]
Philip K. Langat, PhD
Chief Manager Technical Services and Operations, Tana and Athi Rivers Authority and part-time Lecturer,
Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, Queensway House 7th
Floor, Kaunda Street, P.O. Box 47309-00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya. E-mail: [email protected]
Changzhu Li, PhD
Professor, Hunan Academy of Forestry, 658 South Shaoshan Rd., Changsha, Hunan 410004, China.
E-mail: [email protected]
Peiwang Li, MS
Associate Professor, Hunan Academy of Forestry, 658 South Shaoshan Rd., Changsha, Hunan 410004,
China. E-mail: [email protected]
Qiang Liu, MSc
Ph.D. Candidate, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Rd.,
Changsha, Hunan 410004, China. E-mail: [email protected]
Joe Masabni, PhD
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension at Overton, Texas A&M University,
1710 FM 3053 N, Overton, TX 75684, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Chris J. Matocha, PhD
Associate professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY,
40546-0091, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Blazan Mijatovic, MSc
Research analyst, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Kentucky, Lexington-KY, 40546-
0091, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Tom G. Mueller, PhD
Research Scientist, Decision Science and Modeling, John Deere & Co. Urbandale, IA, 50263 USA.
E-mail: [email protected]
Susmitha S. Nambuthiri, PhD
Researcher, Washington state Department of Health, Washington, USA 98512; 5126 Slate Ct SE,
Olympia, WA 98501; E-mail: [email protected]
Genhua Niu, PhD
Associate Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at El Paso, 1380 A&M Circle, El Paso, TX
79927, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Sonal V. Panara, MSc
Student, Department of Biochemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. E-mail:
[email protected]
Eduardo A. Rienzi, PhD
Research Fellow, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546-
0091, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Gaurav V. Sanghvi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot 360005,
Gujarat. E-mail: [email protected]
Hubert H. G. Savenije, PhD
Professor and Head, Water Resources Section, UNESCO-IHE, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
Frank J. Sikora, PhD
Director, Regulatory Services Soil Testing Laboratory, 103 Bruce Poundstone Regulatory Service,
Lexington, KY 40546-0275, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Youping Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plants, Soils and Climate Utah State Uni 4820 Old Main Hill Logan
UT 84322, USA, E-mail: [email protected]
Gebeyehu Tegenu, BSc
Junior Researcher, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural research, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center,
POB 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. E-mail: [email protected]
Deepak Kumar Verma, MSc
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India. Email: [email protected]; rajadkv@rediffmail.
com
Subha Vishnudas, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology,
Cochin-22, India. E-mail: [email protected]
Filiz Yüksek, PhD
Scientist, Pazar Forest Management Directorate, 53300-Pazar, Rize, Turkey