National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Water is a vital commodity and it is essentially used for maximizing crop production and productivity. Drip irrigation is gaining popular among the farmers because of its high efficiency and productivity. This study was conducted during the Kharif season of 2018 and 2019 to find the best automated drip irrigation system among the time based, volume based, soil moisture sensor based and tensiometer based drip irrigation in comparison with conventional drip irrigation system. The design adopted was randomized block design with four replications. From the results, it can be concluded that the soil moisture sensor based drip irrigation system was found to be performing better when compared to other types both in terms of yield (99 t ha-1) and water use efficiency (2.52 t ha-1 cm-1). Hence, irrigation scheduling based on the soil moisture availability of the soil is the most superior over other methods.
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