Precision Irrigation Strategies for Sustainable Water Budgeting of Potato Crop in Prince Edward Island

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 12; no. 6; p. 2419
• Main Authors: Afzaal, Hassan, Farooque, Aitazaz A., Abbas, Farhat, Acharya, Bishnu, Esau, Travis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 19.03.2020
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; Budgeting; Climate change; Crops; Cultivars; Cultivation; Drip irrigation; Environmental conditions; Evapotranspiration; Fertilizers; Groundwater; Irrigation; Irrigation scheduling; Irrigation systems; Irrigation water; Methods; Nitrogen; Potatoes; Productivity; Quality; Rainfall; Rainfed farming; Soil conditions; Sprinklers; Supplemental irrigation; Sustainability; Variance analysis; Water quality; Water requirements; Water treatment; Canada; Prince Edward Island Canada

Climate change induced uneven patterns of rainfall emphasize the use of supplemental irrigation in rainfed agriculture. The Penman–Monteith method was used to calculate supplemental irrigation for water budgeting of a potato crop in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Cumulative gaps between rainfall and...