The water balance of irrigated forages in northern Victoria, Australia

Knowledge of the components of the water balance – evaporation, transpiration and deep drainage – would be beneficial for targeting productivity improvements for irrigated forages in northern Victoria. We aimed to estimate these components using a simple water balance and the dual crop coefficients provided in FAO-56. Soil water deficits from a field experiment, comparing the water use of six border-check and one spray irrigated forage system,...