Abstract
It is believed that the serious clogging of drip irrigation emitters in the Dutch greenhouse industry is caused by methane-oxidising bacteria and/or organic acids used as anti-clogging agents. In this study greenhouses with moderate to severe emitter clogging have been examined. High methane concentrations-up to 69mg/l-were found both in ground water (GW) and in the water from reverse osmosis (RO); however, in the fertiliser-mixing tanks (MTs), methane concentrations were
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-85 |
Journal | Agricultural Water Management |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- drip/trickle irrigation
- water-quality