Water Requirement for Different Crops in India
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Water requirement of Crop is the quantity of water required regardless of source for crop growth and yield in a period of time. Water is mainly required to meet the demands of metabolic activities of plants, evaporation and transpiration.
Crop | Water Requirement (mm) |
Rice | 900-2500 |
Wheat | 450-650 |
Sorghum | 450-650 |
Maize | 500-800 |
Sugarcane | 1500-2500 |
Groundnut | 500-700 |
Cotton | 700-1300 |
Soybean | 450-700 |
Tobacco | 400-600 |
600-800 | |
Potato | 500-700 |
350-550 | |
Chillies | 500 |
Sunflower | 350-500 |
Castor | 500 |
Bean | 300-500 |
Cabbage | 380-500 |
Pea | 350-500 |
1200-2200 | |
Citrus | 900-1200 |
Pineapple | 700-1000 |
Gingelly | 350-400 |
Ragi | 400-450 |
Grape | 500-1200 |
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