engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Irrigation Engineering Water Requirement of Crops
For a crop with a growing season of two months, the following data is given:
|
Month |
Mean monthly temp (in °C) |
Monthly % of sunshine hours |
|
September |
22 |
6.8 |
|
October |
18 |
7.4 |
The cumulative effective rainfall in these two months is 5.3 cm and the consumptive use coefficient is 0.75. If the leaching requirement for the field is 3 cm, find the net irrigation requirement (in cm) for the crop growth.
1
9.76
2
15.76
3
20.36
4
26.36