This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.
The subject provides the understanding of interactions between vegetation, landscape and water. Study of the impact of irrigation on soils and their environment. Techniques in achieving sustainable irrigation agriculture by proper management in quantity and quality of irrigation and drainage water.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
(a) Soil-Plant-Water Relationship : principle of root growth, infiltration pattern, intake curves for different irrigation methods. (b) Water resources, storage, reticulation and water quality. (c) Introduction to groundwater hydrology; dryland and irrigated soils. (d) Principles of different methods of irrigation and their effect on crop yield,salinity and water table. Irrigation Scheduling and Irrigation Farm Plan Drainage of agricultural land and waste management. Landforming procedures and effect on soil properties. Aquatic and Terrestrial ecosystem Irrigation and measurement equipment.
This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.
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The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2019. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.