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Water Use and Water Footprint in Container-Grown Nursery and Greenhouse Crops

Water Use and Water Footprint in Container-Grown Nursery and Greenhouse Crops

HO-124: Water Use and Water Footprint in Container-Grown Nursery and Greenhouse Crops

Authored by: Dewayne Ingram Josh Knight

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Abstract

The objective of this publication is to define the analytical terms that characterize water management and present case studies to illustrate those terms. The comparison of water use and water footprint among specialty crop growers is not only affected by the production system (including species and management strategies) but by geography and season. This document builds upon published models of representative plant production systems. These models include container production using recycled water in the mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley, southwest, and Pacific northwest regions of the U.S. and greenhouse production implementing rainfall capture and overhead and ebb/flood irrigation strategies in the southeast.

Core Details

Publication ID

HO-124

Status

New

Publication Date

Oct. 29, 2020

Series

Multi-Part Series

N/A


Categorical Details

Department(s)

Language

English

Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Contact Information

Tawana Brown
Associate Director, Educational Publications

361 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

+1 (859) 257-7566

tawana.brown@uky.edu