Irrigation
Minimizing Drift from Orchard Spray Application by Spray Backstop System
The use of pesticides can be very effective in protecting trees from pests and diseases. However, many times…
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Ag Industry
Identifying the Potential and Impacts of On-Farm Groundwater Recharge
Aquifers have become depleted from decades of overuse. Drilling deeper is an option for farmers, but prohibitively expensive…
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Disease
Mitigating Tree Nut Stress and Disease Requires a Multi-Pronged Irrigation Approach
Nut growers are essentially paid in two ways: they can either produce higher yields or reduce the number of…
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Irrigation
Irrigation Scheduling In Winegrape Vineyards
Irrigation is probably the most powerful tool a winegrape grower has in their tool box. Intelligent use of…
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Irrigation
The Start of Irrigation in Almonds: Early Season Irrigation Management Impact Tree Health All Season
One of the motivations for making good water management decisions early in the growing season is to reduce…
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Irrigation
Assessing the Impact of Irrigation Water Quality on Strawberry Cultivars
Strawberries are the third most valued crop in California ($2.3 billion) and one of the most sensitive to…
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Irrigation
SELECTIVE FORCES
SELECTIVE FORCES
THAT ACT ON WEEDS
Weeds are problematic in crops, primarily because they compete with commodities for water, light, and nutrients, which can…
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Irrigation
Integrating Key Water Management Information to Better Manage Irrigation
Over the past several years, few irrigated regions of the country have escaped the impacts of drought and…
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Irrigation
Mitigating Pesticides and Sediment in Tail Water using Polyacrylamide (PAM)
Sprinkler and flood irrigation often generates runoff that transports sediment from agricultural fields to downstream rivers, lakes, and…
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Irrigation
Thermal Infrared Sensors for Postharvest Deficit Irrigation of Peach
(originally published January/February 2017) California has been in a historic drought and the lack of water has been…
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