growing winter wheat

Soil texture-based estimation of total available water and water amounts per irrigation event for winter wheat during the winter wheat growing season
  • Soil Texture

  • 50-cm root zone
    (vegetative or pre-flower
    growth stages)

    • Total available water (mm)

    • Water required to replenish soil to field capacity at 50% allowable depletion (mm)

  • 100-cm root zone
    (flowering, fruit formation, and
    maturation growth stages)

    • Total available water (mm)

    • Water required to replenish soil to field capacity at 40% allowable depletion (mm)

  • Loamy sand

  • 57

  • 28

  • 114

  • 46

  • Sandy loam

  • 70

  • 35

  • 140

  • 56

  • Loam

  • 90

  • 45

  • 180

  • 72

  • Sandy clay loam

  • 76

  • 38

  • 152

  • 61

  • Silt loam

  • 100

  • 50

  • 200

  • 80

  • Clay loam

  • 100

  • 50

  • 200

  • 80

  • Silty clay loam

  • 110

  • 55

  • 220

  • 88

  • Sandy clay

  • 86

  • 43

  • 172

  • 69

  • Silty clay

  • 106

  • 53

  • 212

  • 85

  • Clay

  • 96

  • 48

  • 192

  • 77

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