About Lesson
Importance of Irrigation in Agriculture
- Proper growth of plant due to availability of essential moisture.
- Increase in crop yield due to reduce in stress from drought.
- Washout or dilute salts in the soil.
- Lower the temperature of the soil in hot days or raise the temperature of soil in freezing days.
- Aids to beneficial bacterial and microbial activity in soil.
- Improvement in ground water storage.
Soil-Plant-Water relationship
- Soil provide room for water to be used by plants through the roots.
- Water acts as carrier of large amount of nutrient for successful growth of crops.
- This relationship affects the movement, retention and use of water.