Irrigation efficiency

For other uses of this term, see efficiency.

Irrigation efficiency is the ratio or percentage of the volume of water actually used by the plants and the volume of water withdrawn in the bocatoma. Of the volume of water withdrawn in the bocatoma of an irrigation system, an important part is not used by the plants. The "lost" can be:

The theoretical volume of water to be supplied to the soil is necessary to wet a uniform layer of the soil, of a thickness equivalent to the average depth of the roots, at that stage of plant growth. Bibliography

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