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:

1. Angel Lopez Lopez – Government of Baja California: alopezl@baja.gob.mx
2. Sonia Rios – UCCE Riverside County: sirios@ucanr.edu
3. Ben Faber – UCCE Ventura County: bafaber@ucdavis.edu
4. Khaled Bali – UC Kearney Agricultural REC: kmbali@ucanr.edu
5. Daniele Zaccaria – UC Davis: dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu
6. Elia Scudiero – UC Riverside: elia.scudiero@ucr.edu

Rick Snyder – UC Davis: rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu

REGISTRATION