Irrigation Management for Corn

G1850
Published 2008

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There are more than 16 million acres in harvested row crop production in Nebraska. About 8 million are irrigated and about 70 percent of the irrigated acreage is corn. Improving irrigation management can have significant imipact on the quantity and quality of Nebraska's most precious resource, water.

Understanding the relationships between plants and their environment is essential to effective irrigation management. Plant characteristics important to irrigation management include total seasonal water use, daily crop water use, rate of plant development and rooting depth. Important soil characteristics include water holding capacity, water intake rate and the presence of any restrictive soil layers that might inhibit root penetration and/or water movement.

Publication Details

Authors	William L. Kranz Suat Irmak Simon J. van Donk C. Dean Yonts Derrel L. Martin
Subject	Crops Crop Production/Field Crops
Publication Date	January 01, 1998
Last Revision Date	April 18, 2008
Language	English
Formats	HTML PDF
Series	NebGuide