Irrigation application efficiency and uniformity of water distribution using multi-outlet pipe and resource conservation technologies
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Irrigation experiments were conducted during November to April under wheat crop in the winter season of 2012-13 and 2013-14 in the farmer’s field at Galibkhedi village located in Karnal District, Haryana State, India. In the study, collapsible multi-outlet pipe (MOP) along with single outlets pipe (SOP) was tested in farmer’s field under wheat cultivation. Irrigation was carried out in five treatments including tillage (T) with SOP and MOP; zero-tillage (ZT) with SOP and MOP, and furrow irrigation with raised bed (FIRB). Iso-time profile of waterfront spreading and advance indicated that irrigation water distribution was uniform under the plot irrigated using MOP as compared to plot irrigated using SOP. In addition, water distribution was uniform under zero tilled plots as compared to tilled plot. Results implied that MOP has several advantages over SOP in terms of application efficiency (AE) and uniformity of water distribution. Average application efficiency for the first study year was found to be in the order of ZT-MOP (82.41%) > FIRB (76.79%) > ZT-SOP (75.25%) > T-MOP (74.85%) > T-SOP (69.79%). Average application efficiency for the second study year was found to be in the same order as first year with some deviation in values. In the second year values of mean application efficiencies were ZT-MOP (82.58%) > FIRB (77.13%) > ZT-SOP (73.04%) > T-MOP (69.65%) > T-SOP (66.13%). Overall, this study concludes that irrigation under wheat crop using collapsible multi-outlet pipe (MOP) with zero tillage practices is a suitable option for surface irrigation that accomplishes uniform distribution of water with higher application efficiency.
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Application efficiency, Multi-outlets pipe, Water advance front, Zero-tillage
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Fischbach, P.E. and Somerhalder, B.R. (1971). Efficiencies of an automated surface irrigation system with and without runoff re-use system. Trans. of ASAE, 14 (4):717-719
Hassan, S.S.A. (1998). Engineering studies for increasing water distribution uniformity of perforated pipes for surface irrigation system. Ph. D. Th., Agric. Eng. Dept., Cairo Univ. Hastings Co. Gated aluminium irrigation pipe. Hasting Co. Catalouge, Nebraska. USA.
Hlavek, R. (1992). Selection Criteria for irrigation systems. ICID, New Delhi.
Hulugalle, N.R., Lal, R. and Gichuru, M. (1990). Effect of five years of no-tillage and mulch on soil properties and tuber yield of cassava on an acid ultisol in south-eastern Nigeria. Experimental Agriculture, 26(02): 235-240
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Jat, M.L., Gathala, M.K., Ladha, J.K., Saharawat, Y.S., Jat, A.S., Kumar, V., Sharma, S.K., Kumar, V. and Gupta, R.K., (2009). Evaluation of precision land leveling and double zero-tillage systems in the rice-wheat rotation: Water use, productivity, profitability and soil physical properties. Soil Tillage Res, 105:112–121
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Jibin, L. and Foroud, N. (2000). Evaluation of a gated pipe basin irrigation method in China.
Jones, J.N., Moody, J.E., Shear, G.M., Moschler, W.W. and Lillard, J.H. (1968). The no-tillage system for corn (Zea mays L.). Agronomy Journal, 60(1):17-20
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Li, J. and Rao, M. (2000). Sprinkler water distributions as affected by winter wheat canopy. Irrigation Science, 20(1):29-35
Li, M., Yan, H., Wang, Y. and Sui, R. (2016). Effect of irrigation amount and uniformity on alfalfa yield and quality under center pivot system. In 2016 ASABE An-nual International Meeting (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Moteos, L., Montovani, E.C. and Villalobos, F.J. (1997). Cotton response to non-uniformity of conventional sprinkler irrigation. Irrigation Science, 17:47–52
Montazar, A. and Sadeghi, M. (2008). Effects of applied water and sprinkler irrigation uniformity on alfalfa growth and hay yield. Agricultural water manage-ment 95, no. 11 (2008): 1279-1287
Omara, A.I. (1997). Implementation and evaluation of gated pipe for furrow irrigation system. M. SC. Th. Agric. Eng. Dept. Alex University.
Opara, N.O.A. and Lal, R. (1986). Effects of tillage methods on physical and hydrological properties of a tropical Alfisol. Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenernahrung und Boden-kunde, 149(2): 235-243
Osman, H.E.B. (2002). Evaluation of surface irrigation using gated pipes techniques in field crops and old horticultural farm. Annals of Agri. Sci. Cairo, 47(2):461-476
Osman, H.E.B. (2000). Gated pipes techniques for improved surface irrigation. Annals of Agric. Sci. Cairo, 1:145-155
Rady, M. Abdel-Hady. (1993). Project evaluation of irrigating system on sandy and calcareous soils, cairo.
Seginer, I. (1983). Irrigation uniformity effect on land and water allocation. Trans. ASAE, 26, 116-122
Sharma, P., Abrol, V. and Sharma, R.K. (2011). Impact of tillage and mulch management on economics, energy requirement and crop performance in maize–wheat rotation in rainfed subhumid inceptisols, India. Europe-an journal of agronomy, 34(1):46-51
Stern, J. and Bresler, E. (1983). Nonuniform sprinkler irrigation and crop yield. Irrigation science 4:17-29
Tantawy, M.T.E., Osman, H.E., Hassan, S.S. and El-Khatib, S.I. (2000). Evaluation of surface irrigation under perforated pipe on sugarcane in old valley, Egypt. 8th Conference of Misr Socity, Agr. Eng., 23-33
Varlev, I. (1976). Evaluation of non-uniformity in irrigation and yield. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, Div., ASCE 102:149-164
Williams, G.S. and Hazen, A. (1920). Hydraulic tables. John willey and sons, New York, New York.
Zimmerman, H. D. (1966). Irrigation. John Wileys Sons, Inc. N.Y. 522 pp.
Zhang, L., Merkley, G.P. and Pinthong, K. (2013). As-sessing whole-field sprinkler irrigation application uni-formity. Irrig. Sci., 31 (2): 87-105
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Irrigation application efficiency and uniformity of water distribution using multi-outlet pipe and resource conservation technologies. (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(4), 1868-1877. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i4.1055
