University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Academic disciplines / Joseph R. Makuch and Paul D. Robillard -- Acid rain and precipitation chemistry / Pao K. Wang -- Acidification for prevention of clogging of drip lines and emitters / Andrew C. Chang -- African market garden / Dov Pasternak and Amnon Bustan -- Agricultural runoff characteristics / Matt C. Smith, Daniel L. Thomas, and David K. Gattie -- Agroforestry for enhancing water use effieciency / James Brandle, Xinhua Zhou, and Laurie Hodges -- Aquifer Recharge / John R. Nimmo, David A. Stenestrom, and Richard W. Healy -- Aquifer transmissivity / Mohamed Hantush -- Aquifers / Miguel A. Marino -- Aquifers, artificial recharge of / Steven P. Phillips -- Aquifers, karst / John Van Brahana -- Aquifers, karst: water quality and water-resource problems / John Van Brahana -- Aquifers, ogallala / B.A. Stewart -- Aral sea disasters / Guy Fipps -- Boron / Rami Keren -- Canal automation / Albert J. Clemmens -- Carbon dioxide, plants and transpiration / L.H. Allen, Jr., J.C.V. Vu, and J. Sheehy -- Chemical measurement / William J. Rogers and Kevin Jeanes -- Chemigation / William L. Kranz -- Chlorination for disinfection and prevention of clogging of drip lines and emitters / Andrew C. Chang -- Chromium / Bruce R. James -- Conservation tillage and no-tillage / Paul W. Unger -- Consumptive water use / Freddie R. Lamm -- Crop coefficients / Richard G. Allen -- Crop development models / Peter S. Carberry -- Crop plants: critical developmental stages of water stress / Zvi Plaut -- Crop residues, snow capture by / Donald K. McCool, Brenton S. Sharratt, and John R. Morse -- Crops, water harvesting for / Gary W. Frasier.

Darcy's law / Graeme D. Buchan and Keith C. Cameron -- Databases / Rosemary Streatfeild -- Drainage coefficient / Gary Sands -- Drainage, controlled / Robert O. Evans -- Drainage, hydrologic impacts of / Mark Robinson and David W. Rycroft -- Drainage: inadequacy and crop response / Norman R. Fausey -- Drainage of irrigated land / James E. Ayars -- Drainage, land shaping for / Rodney L. Huffman -- Drainage materials / James L. Fouss -- Drainage modeling / George M. Chescheir -- Drainage for soil salinity management / Glenn J. Hoffman -- Drainage and water quality / James L. Baker -- Drought / Donald A. Wilhite -- Drought avoidance and drought adaptation / J.W. Chandler and Dorothea Bartels -- Drought hardening and presowing seed hardening / Neil C. Turner -- Drought management / Michael J. Hayes and Donald A. Wilhite -- Drought resistance / M.B. Kirkham -- Dryland cropping systems / William A. Payne -- Dryland farming / Clay A. Robinson -- Dust bowl era / R. Louis Baumhardt -- El nino / David E. Stooksbury -- Energy dissipation structures / Youichi Yasuda and Iwao Ohtsu -- Erosion, accelerated / J. Kent Mitchell and Michael C. Hirschi -- Erosion control, tillage/residue methods / Richard Cruse, Jerry Neppel, John Kost, and Krisztina Eleki -- Erosion control, vegetative / Seth M. Dabney -- Erosion and precipitation / Bofu Yu -- Erosion process modeling / John M. Laflen -- Erosion and productivity / Francisco Arriaga and Birl Lowery -- Erosion research, history of / Rattan Lal -- Erosion research, instrumentation for / Gary Bubenzer -- Eutrophication / Thomas G. Franti and Kyle D. Hoagland -- Evaporation and eddy correlation / Roger Shaw and Richard L. Snyder -- Evaporation and energy balance / Matthias Langensiepen -- Evaporation from lakes and large bodies of water / John Borrelli -- Evaporation as a process / Alain Perrier and Andree Tuzet -- Evaporation from soils / Andre Chanzy -- Evapotranspiration formulas / Robert D. Burman -- Evapotranspiration in greenhouses / Thierry Boulard -- Evapotranspiration, reference and potential / Marcel Fuchs -- Evapotranspiration, remote sensing of / W.P. Kustas, G.R. Diak, and M.S. Moran -- Everglades / Kenneth L. Campbell.

Farm ponds / Ronald W. Tuttle -- Fertilizer/pesticide leaching, irrigation management and / Luciano Mateos -- Field water supply and balance / Jean L. Steiner -- Filtration and particulate removal / Lawrence J. Schwankl -- Floodplain management / French Wetmore -- Floods and flooding / Jay A. Leitch and Steven Shultz -- Flow measurement, history of / James F. Ruff -- Fluoride / Judy A. Rogers -- Frozen soil, water movement in / John Baker -- Furrow dikes / Ordie R. Jones and R. Louis Baumhardt -- Global temperature changes and terrestrial ecology / Sherwood B. Idso and Keith E. Idso -- Groundwater arsenic contamination / Dipankar Chakraborti, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Kunal Paul, Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, and Quazi Quamruzzaman -- Groundwater contamination / C.W. Fetter, Jr. -- Groundwater law of the western United States / J. David Aiken -- Groundwater levels, mapping / Marios Sophocleous -- Groundwater levels, measuring / Paul F. Hudak -- Groundwater mining / Hugo A. Loaiciga -- Groundwater modeling / Jesus Carrera -- Groundwater modeling: how codes work / Jesus Carrera -- Groundwater pollution from mining / George F. Vance and Geffrey G. Skousen -- Groundwater pollution by nitrogen fertilizers / Lloyd B. Owens -- Groundwater pollution by phosphorus fertilizers / Bahman Eghball -- Groundwater pumping methods / Dennis E. Williams -- Groundwater quality / Loret M. Ruppe and Timothy R. Ginn -- Groundwater quality, irrigated agriculture and / Stephen R. Grattan -- Groundwater, regulation of / Kevin B. McCormack -- Groundwater, saltwater intrusion in / Alexander H.-D. Cheng -- Groundwater, world resources / Lucila Candela.

Hydrologic cycle / John Van Brahana -- Hydrologic and hydraulic science and technology in Ancient Greece / D. Koutsoyiannis and A.N. Angelakis -- Hydrologic process modeling / Daniel L. Thomas and Matt C. Smith -- Hydrology research centers / Daniel L. Thomas -- Internet / Janice G. Norris -- Irrigated agriculture, economic impacts of investments in / Robert A. Young -- Irrigated agriculture and endangered species policy / Ray G. Huffaker, Norman K. Whittlesey, and Joel R. Hamilton -- Irrigated agriculture, historical view of / Lyman S. Willardson -- Irrigated agriculture: managing toward sustainability / Wayne Clyma, M.S. Shafique, and Jan van Schilfgaarde -- Irrigated agriculture, social impacts of / Gaylord V. Skogerboe -- Irrigated water, market role in reallocating / Bonnie G. Colby -- Irrigated water, polymer application in / William J. Orts and Robert E. Sojka -- Irrigation design steps and elements / Gary A. Clark -- Irrigation economics, global / Keith Wiebe and Noel Gollehon -- Irrigation economics, United States / Noel Gollehon -- Irrigation efficiency / Terry A. Howell -- Irrigation impact on river flows / Robert W. Hill and Ivan A. Walter -- Irrigation management in humid regions / Edward John Sadler, Carl R. Camp, Jr., and James E. Hook -- Irrigation management for the tropics / R. Sakthivadivel and Hilmy Sally -- Irrigation mechanical systems: sprinkler / Dennis Kincaid -- Irrigation metering / Albert J. Clemmens and John A. Replogle -- Irregation, preplant / James E. Ayars -- Irrigation return flow, quality and / Ramon Aragues and Kenneth K. Tanji -- Irrigation sagacity / Kenneth H. Solomon and Charles M. Burt -- Irrigation with saline water / B.A. Steward -- Irrigation scheduling with plant indicators: field applications / David A. Goldhamer -- Irrigation scheduling with plant indicators: measurement / David A. Goldhamer -- Irrigation scheduling by remote sensing technologies / Stephan J. Maas -- Irrigation scheduling by soil water status / Philip Charlesworth and Richard J. Stirzaker -- Irrigation scheduling by water budgeting / Claudio O. Stockle and Brian Leib -- Irrigation, sewage effluent use for / B.A. Steward -- Irrigation, supplemental / Philippe Debaeke -- Irrigation, surface / Wynn R. Walker -- Irrigation systems, drip / I.P. Wu, J. Barragan, and V. Bralts -- Irrigation systems, history of farm / Wayne Clyma -- Irrigation systems, subsurface drip / Carl R. Camp, Jr., and Freddie R. Lamm -- Isotopes / Michael A. Anderson.

Journals / Joseph R. Makuch and Stuart R. Gagnon -- La nina / David E. Stooksbury -- Land drainage, subsurface / Stephen R. Workman -- Leaf water potential / A.J. Karamanos -- Livestock and poultry production, water consumption for / David B. Parker and Michael S. Brown -- Livestock, water harvesting methods for / Gary W. Frasier -- Livestock water quality standards / John M. Sweeten, Floron C. Faries, Jr., Guy H. Loneragan, and John C. Reagor -- Manure management, beef cattle industry requirements / John M. Sweeten and B.W. Auvermann -- Manure management, dairy / H.H. Van Horn and D.R. Bray -- Manure management, poultry / Saqib Mukhtar and Patricia K. Haan -- Manure management, swine / Frank Humenik -- Marketing / Lal K. Almas and W. Arden Colette -- Matric potential / Melvin T. Tyree -- Microbial sampling / Suresh D. Pillai and George Di Giovanni -- Neuse river / Curtis J. Varnell and John Van Brahana -- Nitrogen measurement / Jacek A. Koziel -- Nutrient best management practices / Scott J. Sturgul and Keith A. Kelling -- Observation wells / Phillip D. Hays and John Van Brahana -- Open-channel spillways / Gregory J. Hanson and Sherry L. Britton -- Oxygen measurement: biological-chemical oxygen demand / David B. Parker and Marty B. Rhoades.

Pathogens in water / Jeanette Thurston-Enriquez -- Pesticide contamination, groundwater / Roy F. Spalding -- Pesticide contamination, surface water / Sharon A. Clay -- Pfiesteria piscicida / Henry S. Parker -- pH / William J. Rogers -- Phosphorus measurement / Bahman Eghball and Daniel H. Pote -- Plant available soil water / Judy A. Tolk -- Plant exposure to water stress during specific growth stages / Zvi Plaut -- Plant water stress: optional parameters for stress relief / Zvi Plaut -- Plant water use, stomatal control / James I.L. Morison -- Plant yield and water use / M. Hossein Behboudian and Tessa Marie Mills -- Plants, critical growth periods / Tessa Marie Mills and M. Hossein Behboudian -- Plants, osmotic adjustment / James M. Morgan -- Plants, osmotic potential / Mark E. Westgate -- Plants, salt tolerance of / Michael C. Shannon -- Pollution, nonpoint source / Ravendra Naidu, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Peter Dillon, Rai Kookana, Ray Correll, and Walter Wenzel -- Pollution, point source / Ravendra Naidu, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Peter Dillon, Rai Kookana, Ray Correll, and Walter Wenzel -- Precipitation distribution patterns / Gregory L. Johnson -- Precipitation, forms of / Richard T. Wynne -- Precipitation measurement / Marshall J. McFarland -- Precipitation measurements with remote sensors / Marshall J. McFarland -- Precipitation modification / George W. Bomar -- Precipitation simulation models / Timothy O. Keefer -- Precipitation, stochastic properties / David A. Woolhiser -- Precipitation storms / Clayton L. Hanson -- Precision agriculture and water use / Robert J. Lascano and Hong Li -- Professional societies / Faye Anderson -- Psychrometry for measuring plant and soil water status: accuracy, interpretation, and sampling / Derrick M. Oosterhuis -- Psychrometry for measuring plant and soil water status: theory, types, and uses / Derrick M. Oosterhuis -- Pump powering with internal combustion engines / Hal Werner -- Pumps, displacement / Dorota Z. Haman.

Quality influenced by livestock production on range and pasture land / Thomas Lee Thurow -- Quality modeling / Richard Lowrance -- Quality sampling of runoff from agricultural fields / John M. Laflen -- Rainfall shelters / Arland D. Schneider -- Rainfed farming / Philip J. Bauer, Edward John Sadler, and J.R. Frederick -- Rangeland management for enhanced water utilization / Darrell N. ueckert and W. Allan McGinty -- Rangeland water yield, influence of brush clearing on / William A. Dugas, Steven Bednarz, Tim Dybala, Ranjan S. Muttiah, Wes Rosenthal, and Jeff Arnold -- Rangelands, water balance on / Bradford P. Wilcox, David D. Breshears, and Mark S. Seyfried -- Research centers for dryland and semiarid regions / John Ryan -- Research organizations / Gabriel Eckstein -- Reverse osmosis / Mark Wilf -- Richards' equation / Graeme D. Buchan -- Ring and tension infiltrometers / Dong Wang and Laosheng Wu -- Rural water supply, water harvesting for / R.H. Mohtar, F.A. El-Awwar, and W. Jabre.

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta / Mark J. Roberson -- Saline seeps / Ardell D. Halvorson -- Saline water / Khaled M. Bali -- Salinity and solute measurement by time domain reflectometry / Jon M. Wraith -- Salton sea / Timothy P. Krantz -- Selenium / Dean A. Martens -- Soil macropores, water and solute movement in / David E. Radcliffe -- Soil moisture measurement by feel and appearance / Rick P. Leopold -- Soil salinity measurement / Dennis L. Corwin -- Soil water, antecedent / Sally D. Logsdon -- Soil water, capillary rise of / James E. Smith -- Soil water diffusion / Laosheng Wu -- Soil water energy concepts / Sally D. Logsdon -- Soil water flow under saturated conditions / Jan W. Hopmans and Graham E. Fogg -- Soil water flow under unsaturated conditions / Jan W. Hopmans and Jacob H. Dane -- Soil water, gravimetric measurement / Josheph L. Pikul, Jr. -- Soil water hysteresis / Dan Jaynes -- Soil water measurement by capacitance / James L. Starr and Ioan C. Palitneanu -- Soil water measurement by neutron thermalization / Steven R. Evett -- Soil water measurement by time domain reflectometry / Steven R. Evett -- Soil water potential measurement by granular matrix sensors / Clinton C. Shock -- Soil water potential measurement by tensiometers / Joel M. Hubbell and James "Buck" Sisson -- Soil water storage measurement by soil probes / Clay A. Robinson -- Soil, waterborne chemicals leaching through / John Hutson -- Soils, field capacity of water in / M.H. Nachabe, L.R. Ajuja, and Renee Rokicki -- Soils, hydraulic conductivity rates in / David D. Bosch and Adel Shirmohammadi -- Soils, hygroscopic water content in / Daniel G. Levitt and Michael H. Young -- Soils, permanent wilting points / Judy A. Tolk -- Soils, water infiltration and / Sally D. Logsdon -- Soils, water percolation through / Kurt D. Pennell -- Storativity and specific yield / Hugo A. Loaiciga and Paul F. Hudak -- Summer fallow / Donald L. Tanaka and Randy L. Anderson -- Surface water law in the western United States / J. David Aiken -- Surface water pollution by nitrogen fertilizers / Gregory McIsaac -- Jeffrey G. Skousen and George F. Vance -- Surface water quality and phosphorus applications / Richard McDowell, Andrew Sharpley, and Peter Kleinman -- Surface water quality protection for concentrated animal feeding operations / Douglas R. Smith and Philip A. Moore, Jr.

Tailwater recovery and reuse / C. Dean Yonts -- Timber harvesting -- influence on water yield and water quality / C. Rhett Jackson -- Transpiration / Thomas R. Sinclair -- Transpiration efficiency / Graeme C. Wright and Nageswararao C. Rachaputi -- Transpiration and water use efficiency / Miranda Y. Mortlock -- Uptake by plant roots / S.G.K. Adiku -- Uptake by plant roots, modeling water extraction / S.G.K. Adiku -- Urban water engineering and management in Ancient Greece / A.N. Angelakis and D. Koutsoyiannis -- Vadose zone and groundwater protection / Michael H. Young and Charalambos Papelis -- Vapor transport in dry soils / Glendon W. Gee and Anderson L. Ward -- Water properties / James D. Oster -- Well drilling / Thomas Marek -- Wellhead protection / Babs Makinde-Odusola -- Wells, hydraulics of / Mohamed Hantush -- Wetland ecosystems / Sherri L. DeFauw -- Wetlands as treatment systems / Kyle R. Mankin.

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