Download or read book Monitoring Soil Moisture for Irrigation Water Management written by Blaine Hanson and published by University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources. This book was released on 2007 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monitoring soil moisture is an alternate method to water-based balance methods of managing irrigation water. Using this method you can "see" what is going on in the soil and determine answers to some key irrigation management questions: Did enough water infiltrate the soil? Is too much water being applied? What is the water uptake pattern of the roots? When should irrigation take place? What was the depth reached by the irrigation? Includes 24 figures and 7 tables, metric conversions, and an appendix of typical root depths. One of a series of water management handbooks prepared by the UC Irrigation Program.