Study of the Soil Water Movement in Irrigated Agriculture / / by George Kargas, Petros Kerkides, Paraskevi Londra (editors).

• TeilnehmendeR: Kargas, George,; Kerkides, Petros,; Londra, Paraskevi,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 pages)

In irrigated agriculture, the study of the various ways water infiltrates into the soils is necessary. In this respect, soil hydraulic properties, such as soil moisture retention curve, diffusivity, and hydraulic conductivity functions, play a crucial role, as they control the infiltration process and the soil water and solute movement. This Special Issue presents the recent developments in the various aspects of soil water movement in irrigated agriculture through a number of research topics that tackle one or more of the following challenges: irrigation systems and one-, two-, and three-dimensional soil water movement; one-, two-, and three-dimensional infiltration analysis from a disc infiltrometer; dielectric devices for monitoring soil water content and methods for assessment of soil water pressure head; soil hydraulic properties and their temporal and spatial variability under the irrigation situations; saturated-unsaturated flow model in irrigated soils; soil water redistribution and the role of hysteresis; soil water movement and drainage in irrigated agriculture; salt accumulation, soil salinization, and soil salinity assessment; effect of salts on hydraulic conductivity; and soil conditioners and mulches that change the upper soil hydraulic properties and their effect on soil water movement.

Table of Contents

About the Editors vii -- Investigation of the Flux-Concentration Relation for Horizontal Flow in Soils 1 -- Infiltration Characteristics and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Soil Moisture in Layered Soil -- under Vertical Tube Irrigation 11 -- Analytic Representation of the Optimal Flow for Gravity Irrigation 27 -- The Effect of Irrigation Treatment on the Growth of Lavender Species in an Extensive Green Roof System 41 -- The Effect of Salinity on the Growth of Lavender Species 59 -- Dynamics and Distribution of Soil Salinity under Long-Term Mulched Drip Irrigation in an Arid Area of Northwestern China 77 -- Modeling of Fertilizer Transport for Various Fertigation Scenarios under Drip Irrigation 91 -- Comparison of Soil EC Values from Methods Based on 1:1 and 1:5 Soil to Water Ratios and ECe from Saturated Paste Extract Based Method 107 -- The Effect of Soil Iron on the Estimation of Soil Water Content Using Dielectric Sensors 119 -- Optimization of Spring Wheat Irrigation Schedule in Shallow Groundwater Area of Jiefangzha Region in Hetao Irrigation District 133 -- Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation Using Artificial Neural Networks 155.