Studies on bioplastic for developing and evaluating of drip irrigation [Elektronische Ressource] / by Harby M. S. Mostafa

FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR RURAL AREAS, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (vTI) Institute of Agricultural Technology and Biosystems Engineering IN COOPERATION WITH JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Institute of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Professorship of Agronomy, GERMANY Studies on Bioplastic for Developing and Evaluating of Drip Irrigation DISSERTATION Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Dr. agr.) by HARBY M. S. MOSTAFA EGYPT Advisor: Prof. Dr. FRANZ-JOSEF BOCKISCH CO-Advisor: Prof. Dr. BERND HONERMEIER Germany 2010 Thesis disputation date: 01.10.2010 Examining commission Chairman/person: Prof. Dr. Adalbert Evers Supervisor: 1. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Bockisch 2. Co-Advisors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Honermeier Examiners: Prof. Dr. Stefan Gäth PD Dr. Rolf Alexander Düring Preface The requirements in agricultural production, the environmental protection and the water resources optimization have made farmers modernize irrigation systems. One aspect of these modernizations is the installation of drip irrigation systems.