Day 2 Agenda
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Day 2 Focus: Modeling and decision support systems for improving spray deposition and efficacy.
(NB: Separate links and instructions to join each session will be emailed to registrants.)
| Day 2 Keynote Session | ||
| Moderator: Jhalendra Rijal, Advisor, UCCE Stanislaus County | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 8:00 am | Welcome and Updates | Lynn Wunderlich, Advisor, UCCE Central Sierra |
| 8:10 | [Video] Spray application challenges in the field: Unraveling a complex system | Video |
| 8:25 | Efforts and Outcomes of Dissemination and Training for Citrus Spray Application Expert System Adoption in California | Peter Ako Larbi, CE Agricultural Application Engineering Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, UC ANR |
| 9:05 | BREAK | |
| 9:15 | Keynote: From data to recommendations for practice | Andrew J. Landers, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University; Managing Director, Effective Spraying |
| 10:00 | BREAK | |
| Spray Modeling/Decision Support Session | ||
| Moderator: Kari Arnold, UCCE Farm Advisor | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 10:10 am | Observations and recommendations from spray expert system training outreach and evaluation survey | Greg Douhan, Area Citrus Advisor, UCCE Tulare County |
| 10:40 | Automatic Spray Volume Decision with Intelligent Airblast Sprayers | Heping Zhu, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| 11:05 | BREAK | |
| 11:15 | Development, Verification, and Validation of Airblast Spray Web Apps |
Peter Ako Larbi, CE Agricultural Application Engineering Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, UC ANR |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Spray Decision Support Utilization Session | ||
| Moderator: Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 1:00 pm | Success and adoption of Dosaviña decision support system | Emilio Gil, Professor, Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Polytechnic University of Catalonia |
| 1:20 | Scientific Basis of CitrusVol Decision Support Tool and its Validation Success | Patricia Chueca, Researcher at the Agro-Engineering Centre of Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research (IVIA) |
| 1:40 | Success and Adoption of the OrchardMax Decision Support System | Jason Deveau, Application Technology Specialist, OMAFRA |
| 2:00 | BREAK | |
| 2:05 | A spray decision support tool in action: The UCCE SLO weather station network | Mark Battany, UCCE Water Management and Biometeorology Advisor, San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara Counties |
| 2:25 | Spray Decision Support Utilization Panel - moderated by Franz Niederholzer |
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| 3:05 | ADJOURN | |
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