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(4623) Sub-irrigation
1 - Insufficient irrigation with regard to the actual requirement either due to insufficient doses of water or due to an excessive irrigation interval or even due to an underestimation of the actual requirements. 2 - Applying irrigation water below the ground surface either by raising the water table within or near the root zone to supply water by capillary rise, or by use of a buried perforated or porous pipe system which discharges directly into the root zone.

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