ABSTRACT
Research studies on application of irrigation water through double inlet drip irrigation are scarce. Advantages of drip irrigation by double inlet drip system are that it reduces the length of the laterals thereby reducing the frictional head loss in laterals. Since the length of laterals pipes in drip irrigation is more as compared as the length of main and submains, there is considerable savings in head loss in double inlet drip irrigation system. Another added advantage of double inlet drip system is that it ensures uniform water application in the root zone of crops, which enhances the biometrics and yield of crops and thereby increasing the water application efficiency (WUE). Some theoretical study on single and double inlet drip irrigation system has been done by Nayak. In double inlet system, there is considerable savings of head loss.
