ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the utility of drip irrigation with cultivation of litchi and banana for evaluation of the temporal hydraulic variation in a drip irrigated fields. The irrigation uniformity is an important indicator for such evaluation. Besides the design of drip irrigation system, the knowledge of other drip hydraulic parameters such as the size of main line, sub main line and lateral and the capacity of used filtration and fertigation unit, the wetting front movement and the hydraulic performance depends upon the working condition of the system. The plant height of the litchi and banana trees was measured from the soil surface to the highest point of the crown with the help of wooden scale and/or measuring tape. The performance of the drip system for uniformity parameters was studied twice during the growth stages of both the litchi and banana field further it was correlated with the plant biometric parameters.
