General Conditions for Cultivation of Crops

Drip irrigation A typical drip irrigation system consists of the

Water is conveyed under pressure through a pipe following components:
system to the fields, from where it is discharged • Pump unit
slowly or at a pre designed rate. The latter can be • Control unit
matched to the soil infiltration capacity through • Filtering unit
emitters or drippers that are located close to the • Mainline and sub mainlines
root zone of the plants. • Laterals
• Emitters

Head Control Unit

Critical stages for irrigation in different crops

Name of the Crop Critical Stages

Cereals
Rice/Paddy Tillering, Panicle Initiation, Heading and Flowering
Wheat Crown Root Initiation, Tillering to Booting
Sorghum Booting, Blooming and Milky Dough Stage
Maize Silking and Tasseling to Dough Stage
Pearl millet Heading and Flowering
Finger millet Primordial Initiation and Flowering
Pulses
Chickpea Late Vegetative Phage
Black gram Flowering and Pod Setting
Green gram Flowering and Pod Setting
Beans Flowering and Pod Setting
Peas Flowering and Early Pod Formation
Alfalfa After Cutting and Flowering
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