Abstract
Water applied to the soil through rain or by irrigation is again sent back to atmosphere by two processes, namely evaporation and transpiration. The water vapour esca** from soil surface is termed as evaporation. Water extracted by plants from soil also escapes to the atmosphere from plant leaves which is called as transpiration. Estimation of evaporation and transpiration separately is very difficult, and it is conventional to combine both evaporation and transpiration together as evapotranspiration (ET).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References and Further Reading
Allen, R. G., Pereira, L. S., Raes, D., & Smith, M. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration. Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. FAO irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56, FAO, Rome, Italy, p. 300.
Doorenbos, J., & Pruitt, W.O. (1977). Guidelines for predicting crop water requirements. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 24, Rome. https://www.facebook.com/Netafim/videos/2706130609711081/
Anonymous. (2010). National Mission on Micro irrigation, Operational Guidelines. Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ravikumar, V. (2023). Evapotranspiration for Microirrigated Crops. In: Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2775-1_15
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2775-1_15
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-2774-4
Online ISBN: 978-981-19-2775-1
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)