AENG 1EXERCISE 6Irrigation Scheduling
A maize crop is planted on a sandy loam soil with a field capacity (TW
FC
) of 430mm/m and a plant available water content (PAWC) of 100 mm/m. On the 25
th
DAP the totalwater in the root zone is 380 mm (as measured using gravimetric sampling method).
Irrigation scheduling data sheet
Date of planting:30-Jan-2001 TWFC= 430 mm/m RAW 55 mmCrop: Maize PAWC: 100 mm/m RP 375mmSoil: sandy loam TAW 100 mmdrz: 1 mmDate DAPETO(mm)kc(mm)CWR=Etc(mm)R(mm) I (mm) TWT(mm)AvgCWR(mm)days tonextirrigation27- Jan -3 3.489 0 0.228- Jan -2 2.794 0 1.329- Jan -1 2.513 0 0.630- Jan 0 2.822 0 0 0.000031- Jan 1 3.425 0.3 1.0275 0 0.34251-Feb 2 4.551 0.3 1.3653 0 0.79762-Feb 3 2.372 0.3 0.7116 1.8 1.03483-Feb 4 2.305 0.3 0.6915 12.1 0.92284-Feb 5 2.963 0.3 0.8889 T 0.76405-Feb 6 3.205 0.3 0.9615 0 0.84736-Feb 7 3.168 0.3 0.9504 0.2 0.93367-Feb 8 3.707 0.3 1.1121 T 1.00808-Feb 9 3.490 0.3 1.047 0.3 1.03659-Feb 10 2.482 0.3 0.7446 5.6 0.967910-Feb 11 1.758 0.3 0.5274 8.8 0.773011-Feb 12 2.502 0.3 0.7506 5.6 0.674212-Feb 13 3.261 0.3 0.9783 1.9 0.752113-Feb 14 3.447 0.3 1.0341 0 0.921014-Feb 15 3.811 0.3 1.1433 0 1.051915-Feb 16 2.802 0.3 0.8406 T 1.006016-Feb 17 2.678 0.3 0.8034 0.2 0.9291
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