IRRIGATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
- NEW DELHI: VIKAS PUBLISHING HOUSE PUT LTD, 1978
- 801p
1. Water resources utilization in India (Surface water resources, Ground water sources, Need for planned utilization of water resources, Economics of water resources utilization) 2. Irrigation well (Ground water and aquifers, Hydraulics of wells, Design of irrigation wells, Well construction procedure) 3. Irrigation pumps (Indigenous water lifts, Positive displacement pumps, Centrifugal pumps, Vertical turbine pumps, Submersible pumps, Propeller and mixed flow pumps, Jet pumps, Air lift pumps, Selection of pumps, Power requirements, Efficiency and economics of irrigation pumping plants 4. Measurement of irrigation water (Methods of water measurement, Weirs, Parshall flumes, Orifices and metergates, Tracer method of water measurement 5. Water conveyance and control (Surface water distribution system, Underground pipeline irrigation distribution system) 6. Land grading and field layout (Land grading, Survey and design, Construction procedures and equipment, Contour bench levelling 7. Soil-plant-water relationship (Water relation of soils, Soil moisture and plant growth water requirement and irrigation efficiency 8. Water application methods (Border irrigation, Check basin irrigation, Furrow irrigation, Sprinkler irrigation, Drip irrigation) 9. Salts problems in irrigated agriculture (Salt balance, Quality of irrigation water, Plant response to Saline and Alkali soils, Reclamation and management of salt affected soils)