3800 Cornucopia Way
Suite A
Modesto, CA 95358
(209) 525-6812
amohamed@ucanr.edu
Also in:
San Joaquin County
Merced County
Biography
Dr. Abdelmoneim Mohamed (Moneim) is the Irrigation and Soils Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension. He has a Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Washington State University. His primary focus is on irrigation and soils in orchard and vineyard cropping systems. This includes irrigation scheduling and sustainable agricultural water management, deficit irrigation, variable rate irrigation, irrigation and soils technologies, groundwater sustainability, and soil health.
Education
Awards
- Graduate Student Award in the Soil and Water Management and Conservation
Presented by Soil Science Society of America, https://www.soils.org/membership/divisions/soil-and-water-management-and-conservation/student-awards, 2018
- Irrigation E3 program winner
- Walter and Vinnie Hinz scholarship. Biological Systems Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Presented by Washington State University, 2018
Discipline
IrrigationSpecialty
Irrigation systems, Groundwater sustainability, Precision irrigation in trees and vinesAreas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Fruit and Nut Crop - General
- Water
- Soil
- Program and Project Design, and Statistics
- Communication, Education, and Information Delivery
- Conservation and Efficient Use of Water
- Watershed Protection and Management
- Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships
- Management of Saline and Sodic Soils and Salinity
- Drainage and Irrigation Systems and Facilities
- Nutrients and Water in Agricultural Landscapes
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Natural Ecosystems
- Water Quality, Quantity, and Security
Bibliography
Peer Reviewed
Bali, K. M.; Putnam, D.; Wang, D.; Begna, S.; Holder, B., Mohamed, A. Z.; Paloutzian, L.; Dahlke, H.E.; Eltarabily, M. G. (2024). Midsummer Deficit Irrigation of Alfalfa for Water Conservation in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 150(6), 04024029.
Velazquez-Chavez, L. J.; Daccache, A.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Centritto, M. (2024). Plant-based and remote sensing for water status monitoring of orchard crops: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Agricultural Water Management, 303, 109051.
Liu, B.; Brooks, E.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Kelley, J. (2024). Deep Infiltration Model to Quantify Water Use Efficiency of Center-Pivot Irrigated Alfalfa. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 150(5), 04024021.
Eltarabily, M. G.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Begna, S.; Wang, D.; Putnam, D. H.; Scudiero, E.; Bali, K. M. (2024). Simulated soil water distribution patterns and water use of Alfalfa under different subsurface drip irrigation depths. Agricultural Water Management, 293, 108693.
Bali, K. M.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Begna, S.; Wang, D.; Putnam, D.; Dahlke, H. E.; Eltarabily, M. G. (2023). The use of HYDRUS-2D to simulate intermittent Agricultural Managed Aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR) in Alfalfa in the San Joaquin valley. Agricultural Water Management, 282, 108296.
McMoran, D. W.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Seymour, K.; Thortenson, S.; Peters, R. T. (2022). Overview of irrigated agriculture in Benton County.
Shafeeque, M., Sarwar, A., Basit, A., Mohamed, A. Z., Rasheed, M. W., Khan, M. U., Buttar, N.A.; Saddique, N.; Asim, M.I.; Sabir, R.M. (2022). Quantifying the Impact of the Billion Tree Afforestation Project (BTAP) on the Water Yield and Sediment Load in the Tarbela Reservoir of Pakistan Using the SWAT Model. Land, 11(10), 1650.
McMoran, D. W.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Seymour, K.; Thorstenson, S.; Lane, T. C. (2021). OVERVIEW OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN FERRY COUNTY
Sarwar, A.; Peters, R. T.; Shafeeque, M.; Mohamed, A.; Arshad, A.; Ullah, I.; Saddique, N.; Muzammil, M.; Aslam, R.A. (2021). Accurate measurement of wind drift and evaporation losses could improve water application efficiency of sprinkler irrigation systems− A comparison of measuring techniques. Agricultural Water Management, 258, 107209.
Peters, T.; Mohamed, A. Z.; McMoran, D. W. (2021). Center Pivot Control Panels Should Vary Cycle Time Instead of Run Time to Set a Percent Setting. In 6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium, 6-8, December 2021, San Diego, California (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Peters, R. T.; Sarwar, A.; Molaei, B.; Mcmoran, D. (2021). Impact of the intermittency movement of center pivots on irrigation uniformity. Water 13 (9), 1167.
Molaei, B.; Peters, R. T.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Sarwar, A. (2021). Large scale evaluation of a LEPA/LESA system compared with MESA on spearmint and peppermint. Industrial Crops and Products, 159, 113048.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Osroosh, Y.; Peters, R. T.; Bates, T., Campbell, C. S.; Ferrer?Alegre, F. (2021). Monitoring water status in apple trees using a sensitive morning crop water stress index. Irrigation and Drainage, 70(1), 27-41.
McMoran, D. W.; Mohamed, A. Z.; Seymour, K.; Thorstenson, S.; Fredricks, G. R. (2021). OVERVIEW OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN LEWIS COUNTY
Sarwar, A.; Peters, R. T.; Mohamed, A. Z. (2020). Linear mixed modeling and artificial neural network techniques for predicting wind drift and evaporation losses under moving sprinkler irrigation systems. Irrigation Science, 38, 177-188.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Troy, R.; McMoran, D. W. (2020). Management of traveler gun irrigation systems in the Pacific Northwest.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Peters, R. T.; Zhu, X.; Sarwar, A. (2019). Adjusting irrigation uniformity coefficients for unimportant variability on a small scale. Agricultural Water Management, 213, 1078-1083.
Sarwar, A.; Peters, R. T.; Mehanna, H.; Amini, M. Z.; Mohamed, A. Z. (2019). Evaluating water application efficiency of low and mid elevation spray application under changing weather conditions. Agricultural water management, 221, 84-91.
Non-Peer Reviewed
Mohamed, A. Z. (2024). Irrigation Management for Non-Bearing Walnuts. The Scoop on fruits and nuts in Stanislaus County. UCCE Stanislaus. Summer 2024, Vol. 29, Issue 1.
Mohamed, A. Z. (2024). Comparative Assessment of Satellite-Derived Crop Evapotranspiration and Estimated Evapotranspiration in Almond and Walnut. American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Annual International Meeting, Hawaii, USA.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Mae, C.; Zuber, C.; Oker, T.; Marino, G.; Hillyer, C.; Ashkan, S. (2024). Manejo del riego y nutrientes para huertos jovenes. UC ANR.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Mae, C.; Zuber, C.; Oker, T.; Marino, G.; Hillyer, C.; Ashkan, S. (2024). Irrigation and Nutrient Management of Young Orchards Handbook (Punjabi). UC ANR.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Mae, C.; Zuber, C.; Oker, T.; Marino, G.; Hillyer, C.; Ashkan, S. (2024). Irrigation and Nutrient Management of Young Orchards Handbook. UC ANR.
Abdelmoneim, Z. M. (2023, May). Deficit irrigation strategies on almond production in California: a brief review. In VIII International Symposium on Almonds and Pistachios 1406 (pp. 161-164).
Mohamed, A. Z. (2023). Irrigation Non-uniformity is Unimportant Under Certain Situations in Orchards. The Scoop of the Fruit and Nuts. UCCE Stanislaus, Summer 2023, Vol. 28, Issue 1.
Mohamed, A. Z. (2023). Salt Leaching in Orchards and Vineyards. The Scoop on fruits and nuts in Stanislaus County. UCCE Stanislaus. Fall 2023, Vol. 28, Issue 2.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Begna, S., et al. (2022). Crop Water Productivity of Alfalfa Under Different Cutting Schedules. World Alfalfa Congress. https://worldalfalfacongress.ucdavis.edu/
Sarwar, A.; Peters, T. R.; Mohamed, A. (2019). Evaluation of twelve wind drift and evaporation loss (WDEL) empirical models through field experimentation under the climatic conditions of Prosser, Washington. In 2019 ASABE Annual International Meeting (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Osroosh, Y.; Peters, T. R.; Bates, T.; Campbell, C. S.; Ferrer-Alegre, F. (2019). Morning crop water stress index as a sensitive indicator of water status in apple trees. In 2019 ASABE Annual International Meeting (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Mohamed, A. Z.; Peters, T. R.; Sarwar, A.; McMoran, D. (2018). The accuracy of distribution uniformity test under different moving irrigation systems. In 2018 ASABE Annual International Meeting (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Irrigation Management - Member
- Precision Agriculture - Member
- Walnut - Member