Principles And Practices Of Water Management

This book is written to serve as a reference/guide book for the students of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineerign and field practitioners. This book fills the need for an up-to date comprehensive text on irrigation water management for the students at under graduate and post graduate levels. The regional cropping systems under irrigated and non-irrigated tracts are incorporated in this book which will serve as a valuable guide book to the persons working with farming communities.
About Author :
Dr. S. C Panda, born on 01/11/1939 at Kantipur, Mayurbhanj, is graduated in Agriculture from Utkal University in 1962, Post graduated from OUAT, Bhubaneswar in 1965 and Ph.D from Utkal University in 9172. He has involved in various research fields such as Rice Research, Water Management Research, Cropping System Research, Plastic Use in Agriculture, research on weather study on rice based cropping system and weed research.
Contents :
Soil Water Relationship Plant-Water Relationship Soil-Plant-Water Relationship Hydrologic Cycle Methods of Irrigation Sources of Irrigation Problems of Irrigation Water Measurement of Irrigation Water Water Requirement of Crops Evapo-Transpiration Irrigation Efficiencies and Water Use Efficiency Irrigation Scheduling Drainage Irrigation Schedule for Crops Watershed Management Warabandi System Command Area Development Cropping Pattern and Water Management