Irrigation scheduling for furrow-irrigated maize under climate uncertainties in the Thrace plain, Bulgaria

• Published in: Biosystems engineering Vol. 99; no. 4; pp. 587 - 597
• Main Authors: Popova, Zornitsa, Pereira, Luis S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural machinery and engineering; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Bulgaria; climate change; climate models; corn; crop yield; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; furrow irrigation; Generalities. Biometrics, experimentation. Remote sensing; growing season; hybrids; hydrologic models; irrigation management; irrigation scheduling; model validation; precipitation; rain; simulation models; soil water; Vertisols; water stress; Zea mays; Bulgaria; Southern Europe; Eastern Europe; Balkan Peninsula; Europe; Mediterranean Basin; Bioengineering; Monocotyledones; Climate; Uncertainty; Zea mays; C4-Type; Physical environment; Irrigation scheduling; Temperate zone; Cereal crop; Engineering; Geographical division; Plain; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Agriculture; Furrow irrigation

Climate change creates uncertainties for irrigation management. To cope with them, simulations were performed for the present and scenario-built weather conditions that include a pessimistic scenario of precipitation decrease in the next 25 years. In a former study, the irrigation scheduling simulat...