- Author: Ben Faber
ADVANCES IN CITRUS WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Date: May 4, 2022
With: UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Cooperative Extension
Location: UC Riverside - Palm Desert Center, Palm Desert, CA
WORKSHOP AGENDA
9:30 – 10:00 am: Registration
Morning Session – (10:00 am – 12:00 pm)
Block A - Basic principles & information for irrigation management – Moderator: S. Rios
10:00 – 10:15 am: Welcome and Updates for the Citrus production industry (A. Lopez Lopez,
Government of Baja California)
10:15 – 10:45 am: Soil-plant-water relations for Citrus (B. Faber, UCCE Ventura County)
10:45 – 11:15 am: Water Budgeting: where to find the relevant information and
how it all works together (K. Bali, UC ANR)
11:15 – 11:45 am: Methods and tools for irrigation scheduling in Citrus (D. Zaccaria, UC Davis)
11:45 – 12:00 pm: Questions & Answers
12:00 – 12:30 pm LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session: 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Block B - Information developed through research efforts – Moderator: E. Scudiero
12:30 – 1:00 pm: Results from the CDFA-funded research project (2018-2020) on Citrus ET/Kc
(D. Zaccaria, UC Davis)
1:00 – 1:30 pm: Strategies for Citrus irrigation management with limited water supply (B. Faber,
UCCE Ventura County)
1:30 – 2:00 pm: FRET – Forecast ETo from the National Weather Service (R. Snyder, UC Davis)
2:00 – 2:30 pm Questions & Answers
2:30 pm WORKSHOP ADJOURN
List of speakers/presenters and email contacts:
- Angel Lopez Lopez – Government of Baja California: alopezl@baja.gob.mx
- Sonia Rios – UCCE Riverside County: sirios@ucanr.edu
- Ben Faber – UCCE Ventura County: bafaber@ucdavis.edu
- Khaled Bali – UC Kearney Agricultural REC: kmbali@ucanr.edu
- Daniele Zaccaria – UC Davis: dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu
- Elia Scudiero – UC Riverside: elia.scudiero@ucr.edu
Rick Snyder – UC Davis: rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu
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