AENG 1

EXERCISE 6
Irrigation Scheduling

A maize crop is planted on a sandy loam soil with a field capacity (TWFC) of 430
mm/m and a plant available water content (PAWC) of 100 mm/m. On the 25 th DAP the total
water in the root zone is 380 mm (as measured using gravimetric sampling method).

Irrigation scheduling data sheet

Date of 30-Jan-2001 TWFC= 430 mm/m RAW 55 mm
planting:
Crop: Maize PAWC: 100 mm/m RP 375mm
Soil: sandy loam TAW 100 mm
drz: 1 mm

CWR= R Avg days to

ETO kc Etc (mm TWT CWR next
Date DAP (mm) (mm) (mm) ) I (mm) (mm) (mm) irrigation
27-
Jan -3 3.489 0 0.2
28-
Jan -2 2.794 0 1.3
29-
Jan -1 2.513 0 0.6
30-
Jan 0 2.822 0 0 0.0000
31-
Jan 1 3.425 0.3 1.0275 0 0.3425
1-Feb 2 4.551 0.3 1.3653 0 0.7976
2-Feb 3 2.372 0.3 0.7116 1.8 1.0348
3-Feb 4 2.305 0.3 0.6915 12.1 0.9228
4-Feb 5 2.963 0.3 0.8889 T 0.7640
5-Feb 6 3.205 0.3 0.9615 0 0.8473
6-Feb 7 3.168 0.3 0.9504 0.2 0.9336
7-Feb 8 3.707 0.3 1.1121 T 1.0080
8-Feb 9 3.490 0.3 1.047 0.3 1.0365
9-Feb 10 2.482 0.3 0.7446 5.6 0.9679
10-
Feb 11 1.758 0.3 0.5274 8.8 0.7730
11-
Feb 12 2.502 0.3 0.7506 5.6 0.6742
12-
Feb 13 3.261 0.3 0.9783 1.9 0.7521
13-
Feb 14 3.447 0.3 1.0341 0 0.9210
14-
Feb 15 3.811 0.3 1.1433 0 1.0519
15-
Feb 16 2.802 0.3 0.8406 T 1.0060
16-
Feb 17 2.678 0.3 0.8034 0.2 0.9291
 17-
Feb 18 3.456 0.3 1.0368 1.9 0.8936
18-
Feb 19 1.990 0.3 0.597 13.3 0.8124
19-
Feb 20 1.812 0.3 0.5436 20.1 0.7258
20-
Feb 21 1.825 0.3 0.5475 51.8 0.5627
21-
Feb 22 2.288 0.3 0.6864 9.1 0.5925
22-
Feb 23 4.165 0.3 1.2495 T 0.8278
23-
Feb 24 3.940 0.3 1.182 0.1 1.0393
24- 380.00
Feb 25 4.317 0.30 1.2951 0 00 1.2422 4
25- 1.5235 378.47
Feb 26 4.416 0.35 2 0 65 1.3335 3
26- 1.7468 376.72
Feb 27 4.479 0.39 1 0 97 1.5218 1
27- 1.5420 54.712 430.00
Feb 28 3.545 0.44 75 0.1 4 00 1.6041 34
28- 2.0961 427.90
Feb 29 4.367 0.48 6 0 38 1.7950 29
430.51
1-Mar 30 2.448 0.53 1.2852 3.9 86 1.6411 34
2.0833 438.43
2-Mar 31 3.655 0.57 5 10 53 1.8216 35
1.5860 437.44
3-Mar 32 2.579 0.62 85 0.6 92 1.6515 38
2.5786 434.87
4-Mar 33 3.907 0.66 2 0 06 2.0827 29
1.9197 432.95
5-Mar 34 2.723 0.71 15 0 09 2.0281 29
433.30
6-Mar 35 2.060 0.75 1.545 1.9 59 2.0144 29
3.9773 434.32
7-Mar 36 5.003 0.80 85 5 85 2.4807 24
2.9794 431.34
8-Mar 37 3.547 0.84 8 0 90 2.8340 20
2.8656 434.58
9-Mar 38 3.238 0.89 3 6.1 34 3.2742 18
10- 2.7648 432.71
Mar 39 2.973 0.93 9 0.9 85 2.8700 20
11- 428.10
Mar 40 4.736 0.98 4.6176 0 09 3.4160 16
12- 5.2060 422.89
Mar 41 5.104 1.02 8 0 48 4.1962 11
13- 4.4474 418.44
Mar 42 4.176 1.07 4 0 74 4.7570 9
 14- 3.8472 414.60
Mar 43 3.466 1.11 6 0 01 4.5003 9
15- 3.3749 411.22
Mar 44 2.922 1.16 1 0 52 3.8899 9
16- 408.16
Mar 45 4.216 1.20 5.0592 2 60 4.0938 8
17- 404.07
Mar 46 3.406 1.20 4.0872 0 88 4.1738 7
18- 397.97
Mar 47 5.087 1.20 6.1044 0 44 5.0836 5
19- 393.19
Mar 48 4.569 1.20 5.4828 0.7 16 5.2248 3
20- 391.93
Mar 49 2.794 1.20 3.3528 2.1 88 4.9800 3
21- 386.04
Mar 50 4.909 1.20 5.8908 0 80 4.9088 2
22- 379.73
Mar 51 5.264 1.20 6.3168 0 12 5.1868 1
23- 55.796 430.00
Mar 52 4.606 1.20 5.5272 0 0 00 5.9116 9
24- 423.89
Mar 53 5.087 1.20 6.1044 0 56 5.9828 8
25- 423.75
Mar 54 4.703 1.20 5.6436 5.5 20 5.7584 8
26- 419.39
Mar 55 3.631 1.20 4.3572 0 48 5.3684 8
27- 417.82
Mar 56 4.725 1.20 5.67 4.1 48 5.2236 8
28- 413.23
Mar 57 4.492 1.20 5.3904 0.8 44 5.1392 7
29- 408.18
Mar 58 4.206 1.20 5.0472 0 72 5.3692 6
30- 404.52
Mar 59 3.052 1.20 3.6624 0 48 4.7000 6
31- 401.48
Mar 60 2.786 1.20 3.3432 0.3 16 4.0176 7
397.45
1-Apr 61 3.691 1.20 4.4292 0.4 24 3.8116 6
392.73
2-Apr 62 3.929 1.20 4.7148 0 76 4.1624 4
386.43
3-Apr 63 5.250 1.20 6.3 0 76 5.1480 2
380.61
4-Apr 64 4.855 1.20 5.826 0 16 5.6136 1
55.974 430.00
5-Apr 65 5.488 1.20 6.5856 0 0 00 6.2372 9
423.09
6-Apr 66 5.751 1.20 6.9012 0 88 6.4376 7
416.81
7-Apr 67 5.236 1.20 6.2832 0 56 6.5900 6
 409.83
8-Apr 68 5.817 1.20 6.9804 0 52 6.7216 5
402.85
9-Apr 69 5.817 1.20 6.9804 0 48 6.7480 4
10- 396.59
Apr 70 5.217 1.20 6.2604 0 44 6.7404 3
11- 440.71
Apr 71 3.730 1.20 4.476 48.6 84 5.9056 11
12- 435.79
Apr 72 4.101 1.20 4.9212 0 72 5.2192 12
13- 429.33
Apr 73 5.387 1.20 6.4644 0 28 5.2872 10
14- 422.41
Apr 74 5.767 1.20 6.9204 0 24 6.1020 8
15- 415.94
Apr 75 5.393 1.20 6.4716 0 08 6.6188 6
16- 5.8314 410.10
Apr 76 5.230 1.12 5 0 94 6.4078 5
17- 5.9564 404.15
Apr 77 5.783 1.03 9 0 29 6.0865 5
18- 4.9971 399.15
Apr 78 5.288 0.95 6 0 57 5.5950 4
19- 4.5863 394.56
Apr 79 5.333 0.86 8 0 93 5.1800 4
20- 390.12
Apr 80 5.732 0.78 4.4423 0 70 4.6753 3
21- 3.8329 386.29
Apr 81 5.555 0.69 5 0 41 4.2872 3
22- 3.1750 383.11
Apr 82 5.248 0.61 4 0 90 3.8168 2
23- 2.7190 381.30
Apr 83 5.229 0.52 8 0.9 00 3.2424 2
24- 0.9330 381.96
Apr 84 2.145 0.44 75 1.6 69 2.2757 3
25- 385.96
Apr 85 4.870 0.35 1.7045 5.7 24 1.7856 6

Total Available Water TAW=PAWC×drz

Total Available Water TAW=100mmm×1 mm
Total Available Water TAW=100 mm

RAW=TAW×DF
RAW=100 mm×0.55
RAW=55 mm

RP=TWFC-RAW
RP=430mmm-55 mm
RP=375 mm

kci=kcprevious+i-LpreviousLstagekcnext-kcprevious
k26=0.30+26-25201.2-0.30
k26=0.30+0.050.9
k26=0.345≈0.35

ETc=ETo×kc
ETc26=4.416 mm×0.345
ETc26=1.52352 mm

TWT=TWT-1+I+R-ETc-DP-RO
TWT26=380 mm+0+0-1.52352-0-0
TWT26=378.4765 mm

Irrigation, I=TWFC-TWT
I28=430 mm/m-375.2876
I28=54.1724 mm

Days to next irrigation=TWT-RP/Average CWR

Days to next irrigation26=378.4765 mm-375 mm/1.3335mm
Days to next irrigation26=2.6070≈3 days

Submitted by:
de Roxas, Maureen Ceres dL.
Ponce, Thea Pamela S.
AENG 1 – U2L