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subsurface irrigation

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: subsurface irrigation
 
(səb′sər·fəs ′ir·ə′gā·shən)

(agriculture) A method of providing water to plants by raising the water table to the root zone of the crop or by carrying moisture to the root zone by perforated underground pipe. Also known as subirrigation.


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