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Components of the Soil Water Balance ........................................................... 129 5.5 Conclusions ..................................................................................................... 145 5.6 Recommendations for Future Research .......................................................... 150 5.7 Summary ......................................................................................................... 151 Keywords ................................................................................................................. 153 References ................................................................................................................ 156
1The author appreciates the assistance and support received from the following professionals and institutions: University of Western Sydney (UWS) and the Cooperative Research Center for Irrigation Futures (CRCIF) for funding this research; Professors Peter S. Cornish, Basant Maheshwari, and Geoff Creswell, University of Western Sydney for the valuable guidance and academic support throughout the research. This chapter is based on the M.Sc. (Agriculture, 2008) thesis by the author, University of Western Sydney, School of Natural Sciences. 2The numbers in parentheses refer to the literature cited.
