Improving Cotton Irrigation Scheduling in Arkansas
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چکیده
Timely irrigation of cotton has been shown to increase yields, but almost every year producers and researchers observe poor plant development even with irrigation under some condition. Adequate moisture must be present when the cotton crop needs it, but saturated soil conditions deprive the roots of necessary oxygen. Current recommendations lack detail concerning irrigation management. Use of the Arkansas Irrigation Scheduler is recommended; however, the crop wateruse function in the Scheduler was not experimentally developed.
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