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Scheduling of irrigation for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

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Title Scheduling of irrigation for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
 
Creator GUPTA, RAJENDRA
TRIPATHI, S K
 
Subject schedule, irrigation, sugarcane
 
Description Irrigation schedules developed basis of on the mean weather data of 30 years from 1965-95 for predominentsugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) growing locations of India indicate that the highest number of irrigations(20) and amount of water (2 643 mm) are required at Ganganagar and Rajkot respectively, whereas lowestnumber of irrigations (3) and amount of water (303 mm) are required at Cochin. Highest water-use efficiencyof 2 221 kg/ha-cm has been observed at Cochin and the lowest (175 kg/ha-cm) at Indore. For highersugarcane yield and sugar recovery, the optimum share of sugarcane in net irrigated area of the state wasfound to be 15%.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-02-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/27734
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 68, No 10 (1998)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/27734/12591
 
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