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An auto irrigation system for home gardens in Sri Lanka
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by C.M. Navaratne, K.D. Weerasinghe, L.N. JayasuriyaA subsurface pot irrigation system and a subsurface irrigation system with specially designed clay emitters were designed
and tested to investigate the efficiency of the auto-irrigation systems for home gardens crop cultivation. The yield and
development of curry chilies cultivated under the designed subsurface irrigation systems were compared with the yield and
development of curry chilies under manual irrigation during three seasons; January – April, May - August and September
– December. The yield obtained from the crop grown under designed irrigation systems is two times higher than the yield
of crop grown under manual irrigation during dry seasons. The use of water under subsurface irrigation system with
clay emitters was considerably less when compared with the subsurface pot irrigation. Both designed irrigation systems
automatically control the water intake of soil when the soil is wet.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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NAVARATNE, C.M. ... et al, 2006. An auto irrigation system for home gardens in Sri Lanka. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, pp. 263-266.Publisher
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WEDC_ID:10944Language
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