CHAPTER 6. DRIP IRRIGATION | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Dripirrigationissometimescalledtrickleirrigationandinvolvesdrippingwaterontothesoilatverylowrates(2-20litres/hour)fromasystemofsmall ...

6.1 When to Use Drip Irrigation 6.2 Drip System Layout 6.3 Operating Drip Systems[1][2][3]

6.1.1 Suitable crops 6.1.2 Suitable slopes 6.1.3 Suitable soils 6.1.4 Suitable irrigation water[4][5][6][7]

Drip irrigation is sometimes called trickle irrigation and involves dripping water onto the soil at very low rates (2-20 litres/hour) from a system of small diameter plastic pipes fitted with outlets called emitters or drippers. Water is applied close to plants so that only part of the soil in which the roots grow is wetted (Figure 60), unlike surface and sprinkler irrigation, which involves wetting the whole soil profile. With drip irrigation water, applications are more frequent (usually every 1-3 days) than with other methods and this provides a very favourab...