Irrigation

Many factors operate singly or in combination to influence the amounts of water consumed by plants. Their effects are not necessarily constant, but the factors may differ with locality and water consumption may fluctuate from year to year. Some effects involve the human factor; others are related to the natural influences of the environment and … Read more

Consumptive Use of Water Consumptive use of water by a crop is the depth of water consumed by the plant in the process of transpiration and evaporation, during crop growth. Transpiration is the process of water entering the plant roots and used to build plant tissue. Evaporation is the process of water evaporating from the … Read more