The water productivity of different agricultural and horticultural crops and rice –rice and maize – vegetable based cropping systems in Kothakunta sub watershed in Siddipet district of Telangana, India that helps to suggest alternative agronomic measures for increasing the water productivity. | 2020 9 10 1273-1283 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 2020 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Water Use and Productivity of Different Agricultural and Horticultural Crops and Rice and Maize-based Cropping Systems in an Intensively Cultivated Sub-watershed of Peninsular India M. Uma Devi1 M. Devender Reddy2 A. Mani3 D. V. Mahalakshmi4 and O. Bhavani1 1 Water Technology Centre Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University Rajendranagar Hyderabad India 2 School of Agriculture Centurion University of technology and Management Parlakhemundi Odisha India 3 College of Agricultural Engineering Acharya . Ranga Agricultural University Bapatla Andhra Pradesh India 4 Land and Atmospheric Physics Division LAPD Earth and Climate Sciences Area ECSA National Remote Sensing Centre NRSC ISRO Hyderabad Corresponding author ABSTRACT The crop water requirement of different agricultural and horticultural crops 16 crops was assessed during different season s viz. kharif rabi and summer for four successive years 2008-12 in farmers field conditions. The water utilized and water productivity of rice rice and maize vegetable cropping systems were studies at Wargal Kothakunta sub -watershed in Siddipet district Telangana. The mean water used and water productivity of crops was estimated for kharif rice 13299 m3 ha and kg m-3 rabi rice 14298 m3 ha and kg m-3 maize 3472m3 ha and kg m-3 sweet corn 3378 m3 ha and Keywords kg m-3 cotton 5421m3 ha and kg m-3 sunflower 9209 m3 ha and kg m-3 tomato drip irrigation 5162 m3 ha and kg m-3 tomato surface irrigation 11665 m3 ha and kg m-3 Cropping system bhendi surface irrigation 9302 m3 ha and kg m-3 green chillies surface irrigation 7597 m3 ha Horticultural crops and kg m-3 French bean surface .
