Reicosky, D.C. and Doty, C.W. and Campbell Ars, R.B. (1977) Evapotranspiration and Soil Water Movement Beneath the Root Zone of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Millet (Panicum Miliaceum). Soil Science, 124 (2). pp. 95-101.
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We estimated a water balance for irrigated and nonirrigated millet grown in a Varina sandy loam, which we harvested periodically during the 1970 growing season. Evapotranspiration (ET) was calculated using the water balance equation; all elements, except the subsurface drainage, were measured directly. The subsurface drainage was estimated, using the Darcy equation, to determine the net soil-water flux into and out of the root zone. The ET calculated from the irrigated plots agreed reasonably well with potential ET values computed using the combination equation. Hydraulic gradient data in nonirrigated plots showed that water moved upward for most of the season. During one drought, the upward flux accounted for about 34 percent of the calculated ET. Although the total amount of water moving upward was small, it provided enough water for the crop to subsist until rainfall was adequate
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | ARS, USDA, Florence, South Carolina |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2012 06:03 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2012 06:03 |
| Official URL: | http://journals.lww.com/soilsci/toc/1977/08000 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5160 |
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