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Drip irrigation of a vineyard and orchard near Polešovice village
Pochylá, Nikola ; Szturc, Jan (referee) ; Hyánková, Eva (advisor)
This master thesis deals with irrigation systems with a focus on drip irrigation. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the reasons for the need for irrigation due to climate change, drought and its effects on crop yields and the impact of drip irrigation on improving crop quality. It then briefly discusses the types of irrigation and their water quality requirements. The theoretical part concludes with a discussion of drip irrigation, its advantages, disadvantages, practical applications and the different components of a drip irrigation system. In the second part, a drip irrigation system is proposed for a vineyard and an apricot orchard. The course of laboratory determination of soil type in the selected area, description of the information found about the former irrigation system and analysis of the selection of a suitable source of irrigation water are described. Furthermore, the calculation of the irrigation amount for each crop and the design of the storage tank are presented. The last section is devoted to the actual design of the drip irrigation system, its components and the irrigation schedule.
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