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Crop Coefficients And Water Use For Cowpea In The San Joaquin Valley Of California, William R. Detar
Crop Coefficients And Water Use For Cowpea In The San Joaquin Valley Of California, William R. Detar
William R DeTar
To improve irrigation planning and management, a modified soil water balance method was used to determine the crop coefficients and water use for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in an area with a semi-arid climate. A sandy 0.8-ha field was irrigated with a subsurface drip irrigation system, and the soil moisture was closely monitored for two full seasons. The procedure used was one developed for cotton by DeTar [DeTar, W.R., 2004. Using a subsurface drip irrigation system to measure crop water use. Irrig. Sci. 23, 111–122]. Using a test and validate procedure, we first developed a double sigmoidal model to …