The
University of Arizona
Subsurface
Drip Irrigation
Demonstration and Research Project
Department
of Soil, Water,
and Environmental Science
and Environmental Science
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Drip Irrigation |
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Field LayoutAzdrip occupies a 4 acre (1.6 ha) field at the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center (MAC) near Maricopa, Arizona. The field is divided into ten plots of 0.31 acres (0.13 ha) each, arranged from East to West. Eight plots are irrigated with SDI and two plots are irrigated with traditional furrow irrigation. Each plot represents one of 4 SDI crop management senarios replicated 2 times, plus surface irrigated organic and conventional plots.
| Plot
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Organic | Permanent 80" (2.0 m) beds containing three drip lines spaced 19" (48 cm) apart and 9" (23 cm) deep. |
| Plot 2 | Conventional | |
| Plot 3 | Conventional | May be configured as 40" (1.0 m) beds with a single drip line or 80" (2.0 m) beds with two drip lines 40" (1.0 m) apart. The configuration will be dependent on the crop. |
| Plot 4 | Organic | |
| Plot 5 | Organic | Permanent 80" (2.0 m) beds containing three drip lines spaced 19" (48 cm) apart and 9" (23 cm) deep. |
| Plot 6 | Conventional | |
| Plot 7 | Conventional | Furrow
irrigation. May be configured as 40" (1.0
m) or
80"(2.0
m) beds depending
on the standard practice for the crop. |
| Plot 8 | Organic | |
| Plot 9 | Conventional | May
be configured as 40" (1.0
m) beds
with a single drip line or 80" (2.0
m) beds
with two drip lines 40" (1.0
m) apart. The
configuration will be dependent on the crop. |
| Plot 10 | Organic |
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