Irrigation Scheduling Smart Phone App Gene Stevens, Professor-Cropping Systems MU-Fisher Delta Research Center Program is a Multi-Discipline Team Effort
Evapotranspiration (ET) Total of two processes –Evaporation is water lost from soil surface –Transpiration is water lost from plant short grass alfalfa ETo ETr Reference Crops
ETo at Portageville station January December Daily ETo, inches Based on Penman-Monteith Equation
Check with NRCS
University of Georgia
237 GA cotton fields with 71 users lb lint/acre by checkbook vs 1259 lb lint/acre by App 12.2 inches by checkbook vs 3.0 inches by app (75% less) lb lint/acre by checkbook vs 1573 lb lint/acre by App 16.8 inches by checkbook vs 10.1 inches by app (40% less) Source: Dr. George Vellidis
Electronic Weather Station Network University of Missouri Mesonet
modified atmometer- ETgage In Missouri, five automatic ET gages will be installed and monitored near existing electronic weather stations.
Linking Information Together Standardized Penman- Monteith Equation Crop Coefficient based on Degree Days Calculated Daily Crop Water Use Growth stage
Calibration in 2014 Corn Soybean Cotton Pivot Rice
Reading and logging rainfall by field
Step 1. Crop Water Use Generation 1- MU Phone App
Source: Ohio Agronomy Bull Sand Loamy Sandy Fine Loam Silt Silty Clay Silty Clay sand loam sandy loam clay loam clay loam Available Water Holding Capacity Volumetric Soil Water Inch H 2 O/Inch Soil Field Capacity Permanent Wilting Point Allowable Depletion
Riding Our Bike While We Building It Pre-Testing New Parts Before Installation
Clarkton MO Cotton- Loamy Sand Lint per acre Source: Andrea Jones and Zach Straatmann
Requires Field Information
*, **, ***, XXX are 70%, 80%, 90%,>100% of MAD (Management Allowed Depletion)
Documentation
Gene Stevens, John Travlos, Stephen Martin, Zach Straatmann, Earl Vories, Andrea Jones, Joe Henggeler,, Pat Guinan, Ray Massey, A.J. Foster, Van Ayers, Steve Hefner, and John Hester TEAM EFFORT