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  2. Drip irrigation - Wikipedia

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    Drip irrigation and spare drip irrigation tubes in banana farm at Chinawal, India Pot irrigation by on-line drippers Pressure compensated integral dripper on soilless medium without growing channels. The advantages of drip irrigation are: Fertilizer and nutrient loss is minimized due to a localized application and reduced leaching.

  3. Center-pivot irrigation - Wikipedia

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    A satellite image of circular fields characteristic of center pivot irrigation, Kansas Farmland with circular pivot irrigation. Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers.

  4. Agricultural wastewater treatment - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural wastewater treatment is a farm management agenda for controlling pollution from confined animal operations and from surface runoff that may be contaminated by chemicals in fertilizer, pesticides, animal slurry, crop residues or irrigation water. Agricultural wastewater treatment is required for continuous confined animal operations ...

  5. Cannabis cultivation - Wikipedia

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    Cultivation of cannabis is the production of cannabis infructescences ("buds" or "leaves"). Cultivation techniques for other purposes (such as hemp production) differ.. In the United States, all cannabis products in a regulated market must be grown in the state where they are sold because federal law continues to ban interstate cannabis sales.

  6. Irrigation - Wikipedia

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    Micro-irrigation, sometimes called localized irrigation, low volume irrigation, or trickle irrigation is a system where water is distributed under low pressure through a piped network, in a pre-determined pattern, and applied as a small discharge to each plant or adjacent to it. Traditional drip irrigation use individual emitters, subsurface ...

  7. Irrigation sprinkler - Wikipedia

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    An irrigation sprinkler (also known as a water sprinkler or simply a sprinkler) is a device used to irrigate (water) agricultural crops, lawns, landscapes, golf courses, and other areas. They are also used for cooling and for the control of airborne dust.

  8. Micro-irrigation - Wikipedia

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    Micro-irrigation, also called Micro-spray,localized, low-volume, low-flow, or trickle irrigation, is an irrigation method with lower water pressure and flow than a traditional sprinkler system. Low-volume irrigation is used in agriculture for row crops , orchards , and vineyards .

  9. Pulse drip irrigation - Wikipedia

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    A one-US-gallon-per-hour (3.8 L) drip flow controller feeding an 82-foot-long (25 m) drip line with check valves comprising 82 drip points along its length so each drip point is putting out about 1 / 82 US gallon (46 mL) per hour. Crimson clover sprouts grown on 1 / 8-inch (0.32 cm) urethane foam mats and flagstone.