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What is irrigation? | Agristudent.com
Definition of Irrigation
Application of water to soil for the purpose of supplying the moisture essential for normal plant growth and development
What irrigation does?
It adds water to the soil for supplying moisture essential for normal plant growth and development
It leaches or dilutes excessive salts in the crop root zone creating favourable conditions for absorption of water and nutrients by plants
It softens tillage pans to make root growth moee easy
It provides moisture for microbial activities in the soil creating favourable microbial enviornment which is beneficial for plant growth
It also protects plants from frost since it maintains the temperature and also ensures water supply to aerial parts of plants
Further readings and references
Irrigatiin at the Water Quality Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
