Nursery Production and Management

HORT 431

XI. Irrigation Systems -- Types, Design, Intermittant Mist, Fog,Fertigation Systems.

Reading Assignment:
Page
1. Texas Water Plan 489
2.Barrett -- Plants and water 101: Understanding VPD492
3. Lieth et. al. -- Reduce runoff from your potted crops 495
4. Whitcomb -- Irrigation Systems for Container Stock 498
5. Bir and Bilderback -- Low-Volume Irrigation Systems 500
6. Barrett -- Irrigation systems to stop runoff 501
7. Adams et. al. -- Capillary Sand Beds 502
8. Whitcomb -- Sprinkler System Equipment 507
9. Fertigation: Proportioner/Injector Systems 511
10. Mist and fog systems for propagation515
11. Kabashima -- Innovative irrigation techniques in nursery production 517
12. Pulse (Cyclic) Irrigation System 519
13. The Closed Irrigation System 521
14. Henley -- Tips on Saving Nursery Water 522
15. EPA -- Managing Containerized Nurseries for Pollution Prevention524
16. Wilkerson -- Options for Treating Greenhouse Runoff 530
17. Whitcomb -- What goes around comes around 533
18. Wilkerson -- An Irrigation Runoff Management Program 537

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