Using virtual irrigation to forecast disease

The sketch to the right, provided here courtesy of James Hempfling demonstrates how a good understanding of the irrigation system's distribution pattern can help you forecast where problem spots are likely to occur, even before they show up.

We developed the virtual irrigation audit as a tool for diagnosing coverage problems with your irrigation system, or for predicting the performance of new irrigation systems, even before they are installed. It is a simple computer model that used GPS (global positioning…