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Title: Irrigation Management

Author
item Bjorneberg, David - Dave
item EVANS, ROBERG - Retired ARS Employee
item Sadler, Edward

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/19/2016
Publication Date: 1/12/2017
Citation: Bjorneberg, D.L., Evans, R.G., Sadler, E.J. 2017. Irrigation Management. In: Delgado, J., Sassenrath, G., Mueller, T., editors. Precision Conservation: Geospatial Techniques for Agricultural and Natural Resources Conservation, Agronomy Monographs 59. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America, Inc. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronmonogr59.2013.0025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2134/agronmonogr59.2013.0025

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Competition for limited water supplies continues to restrict water available for irrigation. Irrigated agricultural must continually improve irrigation management to continue producing food, fiber and fuel for a growing world population. Precision irrigation is the process of applying the right amount of water at the right time and place to obtain the best use of available water. Precision irrigation management is needed on large irrigation projects so water delivery matches irrigation needs and on individual fields to apply the right amount of water at the right time and place. Technology is commercially available to precisely apply water when and where it is needed by crops, however, user-friendly decision tools are still needed to quantify specific irrigation needs and control water application within fields. Integrating information from various sensors and systems into a decision support program will be critical to highly managed, spatially varied irrigation.