2012
On-farm validation of the Mississippi irrigation scheduler tool (MIST)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Abiotic stressField management SustainabilityWater supply
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Amy Schmidt, Mississippi State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Mississippi State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

The goal of this project is to develop a validated online irrigation scheduling tool for Mississippi soybean producers. Techniques involve developing water release data for typical Mississippi soils and calibrating soil moisture sensors to these values and testing and validating the Mississippi irrigation scheduler tool (MIST) for common Mississippi soybean production environments.

Unique Keywords:
#soybean irrigation studies, #soybean on-farm research, #water quality & management, #water use efficiency
Information And Results
Final Project Results

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