Fertigation - The Next Frontier
| Download |
|
ITRC Report No. |
P 95-004 |
||
|
Web Address |
http://www.itrc.org/papers/fertig/fertigationnextfrontier.pdf |
||
|
Length |
5 pages |
||
|
Authors |
Charles M. Burt |
||
|
Published |
Irrigation Business and Technology (3)4:16-19s. |
Summary
Just as irrigation dealers presently should specify pressure relief valves and air vents on all pipelined irrigation systems, future irrigation designs will incorporate a new generation of FERTIGATION (fertilization through the irrigation system) hardware. And farmers will use sophisticated techniques to monitor plant nutrient status and to determine the proper level of nutrients to spoon feed through fertigation.
Acrobat Reader is required to open this file. If Acrobat Reader is not installed in your system, click here for a free download.
