A loamy soil with the dry unit weight of 1.3 g/cc has the root 2one depth of 80 cm, The field capacity is 30 percent and the plant start wilting if the moisture content falls below 10 percent, If it is given that the minimum water depth required for the optimum growth of the plant is the half of the field capacity moisture, then the water required to raise the water level from wilting point to optimum moisture is

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A loamy soil with the dry unit weight
of 1.3 g/cc has the root 2one depth of
80 cm, The field capacity is 30
percent and the plant start wilting if
the moisture content falls below 10
percent, If it is given that the minimum
water depth required for the optimum
growth of the plant is the half of the
field capacity moisture, then the water
required to raise the water level from
wilting point to optimum moisture is
Transcribed Image Text:A loamy soil with the dry unit weight of 1.3 g/cc has the root 2one depth of 80 cm, The field capacity is 30 percent and the plant start wilting if the moisture content falls below 10 percent, If it is given that the minimum water depth required for the optimum growth of the plant is the half of the field capacity moisture, then the water required to raise the water level from wilting point to optimum moisture is
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