This article explains how to determine appropriate furrow length and flow rate for furrow irrigation system that is accurate and simple to use in semi-arid climates with clay soils. The experiment was carried out from April to November 2019 and April to November 2021. Cotton was grown in Middle Awash, werer, Ethiopia, thus field tests were conducted there. According to the analysis of variance, flow rate had a significant impact on crop water productivity (p ≤ 0.01). Furrow length had a significant (P≤ 0.05) impact on crop water productivity. The combine analysis of flow rate shows that had a significant (P≤0.05) effect on water productivity of cotton. The yield and water productivity were significantly affected by the interaction of the two elements. Furrow length of 50 m combined with (1.2 lit/sec) flow rate for 35.6 minutes produced the highest water application efficiency (65.0%), water productivity (1.37 kg/m3), and lint yield (6.86 ton/ha). The lowest water application efficiency (38.3%), with flow rate (1.6 lit/sec) for 9.75 minutes, and water productivity (0.85 kg/m3) were achieved from 10 m furrow length. The result concludes that as the furrow length increases the water productivity increases this in turn increase the yield of cotton and decreases water loss.
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Application Efficiency, Distribution Uniformity, Water Productivity, Cotton, Yield
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abstract = {This article explains how to determine appropriate furrow length and flow rate for furrow irrigation system that is accurate and simple to use in semi-arid climates with clay soils. The experiment was carried out from April to November 2019 and April to November 2021. Cotton was grown in Middle Awash, werer, Ethiopia, thus field tests were conducted there. According to the analysis of variance, flow rate had a significant impact on crop water productivity (p ≤ 0.01). Furrow length had a significant (P≤ 0.05) impact on crop water productivity. The combine analysis of flow rate shows that had a significant (P≤0.05) effect on water productivity of cotton. The yield and water productivity were significantly affected by the interaction of the two elements. Furrow length of 50 m combined with (1.2 lit/sec) flow rate for 35.6 minutes produced the highest water application efficiency (65.0%), water productivity (1.37 kg/m3), and lint yield (6.86 ton/ha). The lowest water application efficiency (38.3%), with flow rate (1.6 lit/sec) for 9.75 minutes, and water productivity (0.85 kg/m3) were achieved from 10 m furrow length. The result concludes that as the furrow length increases the water productivity increases this in turn increase the yield of cotton and decreases water loss.},
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