Claim · model-written summary
More efficient irrigation application techniques may increase deep infiltration loss if irrigation schedules do not explicitly include soil water storage for the entire rooting zone.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- more efficient irrigation application techniquese0
- Outcome
- DI losse0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Verbatim
e0“more efficient irrigation application techniques may increase DI loss if irrigation schedules do not explicitly include soil water storage for the entire rooting zone”
t0“Center-Pivot Irrigated Alfalfa”
Title
Deep Infiltration Model to Quantify Water Use Efficiency of Center-Pivot Irrigated Alfalfa
Bailey Liu; Erin Brooks; Abdelmoneim Z. Mohamed; et al. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 2024. doi:10.1061/jidedh.ireng-10322
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Method / resource In some simulated alfalfa irrigation scenarios, modeled infiltration losses increased by 10%-20% coincident with increased application efficiency.
- Association Modeled consumptive use efficiency (CUE) decreased with increasing application efficiency.
- Method / resource CUE could be improved by 8%-10% for well-drained loamy soils.
- Observation Clay loam soils showed little opportunity for improvement of CUE.
- Recommendation Improving water use efficiency, where deep infiltration losses can be reduced, depends on precision irrigation scheduling linked to infiltration rates.