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| Title | Deficit irrigation strategies and crop yields |
| Group | Soil Physics and Land Management group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Alon Ben Gal |
| Examiner(s) | Coen Ritsema |
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| Begin date | 2020/02/09 |
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| Description | Problem context
In the Middle East fresh water amounts are very limited. Israel is performing extensive lysimeter research to investigate the effects of deficit irrigation and various salinity levels on agricultural production. At Gilat Research Centre long term irrigation experiments are performed with varying water quantities, qualities and crops. Among other applications, the lysimeter data are used to calibrate agrohydrological models such as SWAP (Soil Water Air Plant) of Wageningen University and Research center. The calibrated SWAP can be used to analyse irrigation and drainage design in water deficit regions in de Middle East and beyond. Examples of earlier projects Irrigation water strategy for grape vines (Joost Iwema) The impact of soil salinization on Olive trees (Rocio Ramirez Crisostomo) Use of tree dendrometer data to optimize water productivity in Olive orchards (Janine de Wit) What is expected from the student (type of research) - Active participation in ongoing research program - Perform measurements at field sites, with lysimeters or in the laboratory - Sound analysis of collected data, including the application of SWAP |
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