Indiahas the largest area under onion (Allium cepa) crop but its average productivity (14.21 t ha-1) is considerably lower than the world’s average of 19.4 t ha-1. Besides low productivity, irrigation efficiencies are also very low i.e. 30-35% in India. Managing onion crop with less than adequate irrigation water availability is a challenge in several parts of the country. Options of i) deficit...

Limited information is available on water and nitrogen (N) management of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, where this crop is currently and extensively grown under heavy irrigation and N fertilization. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted from September 2000 to March 2002 at the Research Department of Karoon Agro-industry in Khuzestan to determine the ...

This research evaluated the wastewater treatment system of Punta Carnero sector, in relation to pollutant efficiency load removal, final effluent quality and impact on ecosystem, finally determine if discharge can be reused for agricultural irrigation. The was based affluent characterization system, carried out three phases: i) Taking simple samples, analyzed an accredited water laboratory anal...

Investigating the effects of optimized fertilizer and irrigation levels on water use efficiency productivity wheat crop at small farms is great importance for precise sustainable agriculture in Pakistan's irrigated areas. However, traditional farmer practices production are inefficient unsustainable. This study aimed to investigate deficit nitrophos bread grain yield, yield parameters, nutrient...

We quantified nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) content, use (nutrient amount for one growth year), retranslocation (nutrients recycled before foliage senescence), uptake (use minus retranslocation), volume production per unit of uptake and fertilizer-uptake efficiency (percent applied taken up) in a 2 x 2 (nutrient and water) factorial experiment repl...

In large canal irrigation project areas, integrated management of surface and groundwater resources can improve water use efficiencies and agricultural productivity and also control water logging. Such integrated management requires an estimation of spatial distribution of recharge and ground water flow in the underlying aquifer. Recharge occurs both as percolation losses from fields and seepag...