Using Tensiometers for Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling in Miami-Dade County

A tensiometer is a simple and relatively inexpensive tool that can be used to schedule irrigation in Miami-Dade County vegetable crops. Tensiometers continuously measure soil water potential or tension. If the tension in the soil is high, plants have to use more energy to extract soil water. If tens...

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Main Authors: Kati W. Migliaccio, Teresa Olczyk, Yuncong Li, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Tina Dispenza
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2012-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/120336
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description A tensiometer is a simple and relatively inexpensive tool that can be used to schedule irrigation in Miami-Dade County vegetable crops. Tensiometers continuously measure soil water potential or tension. If the tension in the soil is high, plants have to use more energy to extract soil water. If tension in the soil is low, then plants have lower energy requirements to extract soil water. This revised 6-page fact sheet was written by Kati W. Migliaccio, Teresa Olczyk, Yuncong Li, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, and Tina Dispenza, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, December 2012. ABE326/TR015: Using Tensiometers for Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling in Miami-Dade County (ufl.edu)
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spelling doaj-art-dd299334eb8e47ae9e2475142bf618452025-02-08T06:04:53ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092012-12-01201212Using Tensiometers for Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling in Miami-Dade CountyKati W. Migliaccio0Teresa Olczyk1Yuncong Li2Rafael Muñoz-Carpena3Tina Dispenza4University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaA tensiometer is a simple and relatively inexpensive tool that can be used to schedule irrigation in Miami-Dade County vegetable crops. Tensiometers continuously measure soil water potential or tension. If the tension in the soil is high, plants have to use more energy to extract soil water. If tension in the soil is low, then plants have lower energy requirements to extract soil water. This revised 6-page fact sheet was written by Kati W. Migliaccio, Teresa Olczyk, Yuncong Li, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, and Tina Dispenza, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, December 2012. ABE326/TR015: Using Tensiometers for Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling in Miami-Dade County (ufl.edu) https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/120336TR015
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