2014
Challenges in Soybean Irrigation-Soil and Crop Irrigation Management (SCIM)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Southern Soybean Research Program
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
SustainabilityWater resistanceWater supply
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Ole Wendroth, University of Kentucky
Co-Principal Investigators:
Wesley Porter, Southern Soybean Research Program
George Vellidis, University of Georgia
Carrie Knott, University of Kentucky
Chad Lee, University of Kentucky
Lloyd Murdock, University of Kentucky
Joe Henggeler, University of Missouri
Brian Leib, University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Southern Soybean Research Program
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Kentucky
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Irrigation of agricultural crops, especially soybean systems becomes increasingly important to growers to produce high yields of a high-quality crop, and to secure food supply and minimize risk caused by drought conditions during the growing season. The challenges in irrigation management are the precise quantification of local crop and soil water demand and the precise variable-rate application of irrigation water while considering the inherent soil spatial variability within farmer’s fields. A group of experts from Universities from the four states of Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri proposes a joint effort to tackle the above problems in soybean irrigation while using synergistic...

Unique Keywords:
#irrigation
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The common goals and priorities of the group are to improve soybean irrigation management through
- use of state-of-the-art irrigation technology,
- replacing simple check-book methods by precise crop-water demand quantification,
- deriving functional soil information most efficiently,
- delineating site-specific irrigation water application zones,
- on-farm experimentation, evaluation and validation.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.