“Open House” of Watermelon Rootstock Variety Trial and Demo of CropManage on Guiding Irrigation

When: Wednesday, June 29, 2022, from 8:00 to 12:00 pm. Visit the field any time in between. Individual tour can be given if you miss the date.

What: You will view and walk through a grafted watermelon rootstock variety trial including a field scion grafted onto a total of seven commercial interspecific hybrid squash, bottle gourd, and Citron rootstocks. On the other hand, you will learn how we ground-truth the validity of the irrigation decision-support tool, CropManage (https://cropmanage.ucanr.edu/), to guide watermelon irrigation management.

Where: Coordinate (37.732394, -121.226828, Manteca).
Questions and RSVP to Dr. Zheng Wang at 209-525-6822 or zzwwang@ucanr.edu.