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2000-10Keywords
Agriculture -- ArizonaGrain -- Arizona
Forage plants -- Arizona
Barley -- Arizona
Wheat -- Arizona
Barley -- Irrigation
Wheat -- Irrigation
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This research represents the second year of a project to determine when to irrigate wheat based on soil water depletion levels. The purpose of this work is to establish the optimum irrigation timing based on depletion of plant available water in the soil. A field experiment was conducted at the Maricopa Agricultural Center testing irrigation of wheat at 35, 50, 65, and 80% depletion of plant available water in the soil for two durum varieties, Kronos and Westbred 881. Grain yields averaged over the two varieties were 6787, 6494, 5460, and 3067 lbs/acre for the 35, 50, 65, and 80% depletion levels, respectively. The results of this study indicate irrigating at 50% soil water depletion or less is optimal for wheat grain yield.Series/Report no.
Series P-124AZ1185