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UT Institute of Agriculture > Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science > Irrigation Management

Irrigation Management

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Events
Engineering Elements In-Service
  1. Sensor-based Irrigation Decisions
      in Row Crops (July 7, 2020)
  2. Thermal Protection in High Tunnels
      (September 16, 2020)
  3. Rainwater Harvesting
     (March 12, 2021)
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Field School - Fruit and Vegetable Irrigation (July 9, 2020)

Milan No-till Field Day: Tour I - Water Management (July 23, 2020)

6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium (Nov 30 to Dec 4, 2020)
        
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​​Irrigation management is important to optimizing crop yield and sustainability, and irrigation decisions are influenced by rainfall patterns, crop growth stage and soil characteristics. The University of Tennessee has ongoing small plot demonstrations as well as on-farm, field scale research, utilizing best management irrigation strategies. The result of these research and extension effort is irrigation recommendations appropriate for Tennessee conditions (see publications below)





​Access Real-time Sensor Demonstration Sites

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​​Irrigation Water Management
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​Soybean Irrigation Basics
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​​​Links to Row Crop Irrigation Resources:
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​Publications
  • Tile Drainage Systems W778.pdf                                                 ​
  • ​Placement and Interpretation of Soil Moisture Sensors.pdf
  • Fertigation of Row crops using overhead Irrigation W303.pdf
  • Sensor Based Irrigation Scheduling.pdf
  • Irrigation Scheduling Tools.pdf
  • How Soils Hold Water.pdf
  • ​Crop Water Use.pdf
  • Center Pivot Application Rate.pdf

​Webinars
  • Selection and Use of Sensors for Cotton Irrigation Management
  • Schedule Cotton Irrigation by Soil Type
  • Managed Depletion Irrigation Webinar
  • Fruit & Vegetable Field Break Irrigation Webinar
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
​Software
  • Historic Water Balance Tables
  • MOIST Water Balance Spreadsheet
  • MOISTURE App for Center Pivot Irrigation (soon-to-come)
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Link to Additional Irrigation Resources
 
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