Water Table Control for Rice Production in Ghana

Joshua Owusu-Sekyere

ISBN 10: 3844385959 / ISBN 13: 9783844385953

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2011, 2011

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Neuware -An investigation has been undertaken to determine the consequence of using water table control for lowland rice production by growing rice varieties Azucena and IR36 in sand cores under a controlled environment in a series of experiments in which the water table was held at fixed levels. Each experiment had a duration of six weeks and in all, four treatments were used: (a) water table at a depth of 30 cm below the surface, (b) water table at a depth of 15 cm below the surface, (c) saturated sand and (c) flooded sandBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 256 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Water Table Control for Rice Production in Ghana
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844385959
• ISBN 13: 9783844385953
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 16D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 399 grams

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Synopsis

An investigation has been undertaken to determine the consequence of using water table control for lowland rice production by growing rice varieties Azucena and IR36 in sand cores under a controlled environment in a series of experiments in which the water table was held at fixed levels. Each experiment had a duration of six weeks and in all, four treatments were used: (a) water table at a depth of 30 cm below the surface, (b) water table at a depth of 15 cm below the surface, (c) saturated sand and (c) flooded sand

About the Author

Joshua Danso Owusu-Sekyere is a Lecturer in the Agricultural Engineering Department, School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast. He specialises in Soil and Water Engineering and Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.