Text Book of Water Management – Theory And Practice

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Text Book of Water Management – Theory And Practice By Professor Dr. A. Zaman, CONTENTS : 1. Irrigation water management: introduction, importance, definition and objectives 2. Function and Role of Water for Plant Growth and Development 3. Water Resources and Irrigation Development in India 4. Soil-Plant-Water Relationships and the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum 5 Water Budgeting, Available and Unavailable Soil Moisture, and Distribution of Soil Moisture 6 Moisture Extraction Patterns, Rooting Characteristics and the Impact of Moisture Stress on Crop Growth and Productivity 7 Methodologies for Estimating Soil Moisture, Evapotranspiration, Crop Water Requirement, and Effective Rainfall 8 Different Approaches of Scheduling of Irrigation 9 Surface Methods of Irrigation (Principles, Practices, and Prospects) 10 Sub-surface Method of Irrigation including Layout of Underground Pipeline System 11 Micro Irrigation Methods, viz. Drip Irrigation, their Suitability, Merits and Limitations; Fertigation and Economic Use of Irrigation Water 12 Micro Irrigation Methods: Sprinklers – Suitability, Merits, Limitations, and Economic Use of Irrigation Water 13 Layout of Different Irrigation Systems, Irrigation Efficiency and Water Use Efficiency, and Conjunctive Use of Water 14 Water Management of Different Agronomic and Horticultural Crops including Rice, Wheat, and Maize, Groundnut, Sugarcane, Mango, Banana and Tomato 15 Irrigation Water Quality, its Parameters and Management 16 Irrigation Management Practices for Different Soils and Crops 17 Advances in Irrigation: Automation and Application of Artificial Intelligence 18 Sensor Based, Robotic Application and Climate-based Irrigation Practices