Wheat Irrigation Scheduling at the Safford Agricultural Center, 1988

Abstract

Wheat irrigations were scheduled using two computer models and an infrared thermometer using two critical threshold values. Yields from these plots were compared with plots scheduled by the farm manager. The highest yield was obtained by the computer model using evapotranspiration data taken from the local AZMET station; the plots scheduled by the infrared thermometer (using the low threshold value) ranked a close second.