Estimation of Dry Season Irrigation Water Abstraction in Lunsemfwa, Mulungushi, Mwomboshi, and Mkushi Subbasins from 2013 to 2017 in Zambia

Table 2

Crop parameters used in AquaCrop.

	Wheat		Soybean
	Length(days)	Date	Length (days)	Date
From day 1 after sowing		2-May		2-May
To emergence	15	17-May	7	9-May
To maximum Canopy	50	21-May	40	11-Jun
To maximum root depth	65	6-Jun	40	11-Jun
To start of canopy senescence	80	21-Jul	70	11-Jul
To maturity	120	29-Aug	85	25-Jul
To flowering	50	21-Jun	50	21-Jul
Length building up HI	8	End 29 Jun	32	end 23 July
Duration of flowering	15	End 6 Jul	10	end 1 July