Study:
Research Objectives:
2. Establish soil water requirements needed for consistent pod development. 3. Validate peanut irrigation models (especially with respect to restricted irrigation) and evalutate envirocaster and simple Pan scheduling equipment.  1.Soil water content scheduling - when the average soil water content in the 10 to 45 cm depth exceeds 35 kPa schedule an irrigation for the next day (1 day late) 2.Scheduled as treatment 1, except no irrigation during July 3.Scheduled as treatment 1, except no irrigation during August 4.Scheduled as treatment 1, except no irrigation during July and August. 5.Irrigation scheduled by Neogen Envirocaster sensors and model 6.Evaporation pan schedule 7.No irrigationBasic Crop Management: PLANTED - 25 Apr 1995; HARVEST - 20 Oct 1995 ; TILLAGE - Moldboard Plow (30 cm deep plus smoothing and bed shaping), wheel traffic controlled at 1.2 m centers; FERTILIZATION - Typical Extension Recommended Rate; WEED & PEST CONTROL: Typical Extension Recommendations. |
Observations and data sets for individual treatments (crop years) follow: |
Treatment 1: Soil water content scheduling - when the average soil water content in the 10 to 45 cm depth exceeds 35 kPa schedule an irrigation for the next day (1 day late)
Scheduled as treatment 1, except no irrigation during July
Scheduled as treatment 1, except no irrigation during August
Scheduled as treatment 1, except no irrigation during July or August
Irrigation scheduled by Neogen Envirocaster sensors and model
Evaporation pan schedule
No irrigation
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For more information on the study and its interpretation contact: | |
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Dr. Jim Hook
Professor, Soil and Water Management Crop and Soil Sciences Department and NESPAL The University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences P.O. Box 748, Tifton, GA 31793-0748 e-mail: jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu |
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