Design and Manufacture an Automatic Riser Sprinkler Riser in the Fixed Sprinkler Irrigation System and its Impact on the Performance of the System and Zea Maize Yield
Abstract
This research is aimed to conducting a field experiment for designing and manufacturing an automatic sprinkler riser for fixed sprinkler irrigation system with an operating pressure of 1, 1.5, and 2 bar and evaluated its impact on the system performance and the growth and production of Zea maize in silt clay loam soil for the agricultural season of 2021. Moisture homogeneity coefficient, soil moisture content, sprinkler discharge, sprinkler service area, plant height and plant yield were studied in this research Nested deign with a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and used the least significant difference was used under the probability level of 0.05 (LSD0.05) for comparison in the averages of the coefficients of the experiment. Results from this research showed that an automatic sprinkler riser with the outer tube was significantly superior in obtaining the highest mean coefficient of moisture homogeneity of 82.8% and the highest mean moisture content of 37.29% and the highest mean value of the sprinkler service area amounted to 247.98 m2 and the highest mean yield of the crop was 6.38 tons.ha-1, while the self-propelled riser with inner tube outperformed in obtaining the highest value of plant height amounted to 189.67 cm. The success of using the locally designed and manufactured an automatic sprinkler "self-rising" riser according to the plant's height and used in the fixed sprinkler irrigation system to irrigate the maize crop.
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