Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference (한국작물학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2017.06a
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- Pages.252-252
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- 2017
Evaluating efficiency of automatic surface irrigation for soybean production
- Jung, Ki-yuol (National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) ;
- Lee, Sang-hun (National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) ;
- Chun, Hyen-chung (National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) ;
- Choi, Young-dae (National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) ;
- Kang, Hang-won (National Institute of Crop Science, RDA)
- Published : 2017.06.04
Abstract
Nowadays water shortage is becoming one of the biggest problems in the Korea. Many different methods are developed for conservation of water. Soil water management has become the most indispensable factor for augmenting the crop productivity especially on soybean (Glycine max L.) because of their high susceptibility to both water stress and water logging at various growth stages. The farmers have been using irrigation techniques through manual control which farmers irrigate lands at regular intervals. Automatic irrigation systems are convenient, especially for those who need to travel. If automatic irrigation systems are installed and programmed properly, they can even save you money and help in water conservation. Automatic irrigation systems can be programmed to provide automatic irrigation to the plants which helps in saving money and water and to discharge more precise amounts of water in a targeted area, which promotes water conservation. The objective of this study was to determine the possible effect of automatic irrigation systems based on soil moisture on soybean growth. This experiment was conducted on an upland field with sandy loam soils in Department of Southern Area Crop, NICS, RDA. The study had three different irrigation methods; sprinkle irrigation (SI), surface drip irrigation (SDI) and fountain irrigation (FI). SI was installed at spacing of