2020 Presentations and Proceedings
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Main Session - What Do Cover Crops Have to Offer California Cropping Systems? Opportunities and Challenges
Amelie Gaudin, UC Davis
What Do Cover Crops Have to Offer? Opportunities and Challenges for Almond Systems
Richard Smith, UC Cooperative Extension
Managing for Cover Crop Benefits in Coastal Vegetable Crops
Tim Bowles, UC Berkeley
Session 1 - Cereal Crop Nitrogen Management
Bob Hutmacher, UC Davis
Sorghum and Corn Yield Responses to Irrigation and Nitrogen Under SDI Irrigation in the Western SJV
Bruce Linquist, UC Davis
Use of Remote Sensing to Determine Mid-Season Nitrogen Needs in Rice Systems
Mark Lundy, UC Davis
Measuring and Managing Nitrogen to Optimize Efficiency in California Small Grains
Session 2 - Subsurface Drip Irrigation
Umair Gull, UC Davis
Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) in Alfalfa - Opportunities and Challenges
Domonic Rossini, Netafim
Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Dairy Effluent Water Application SDI-E
Aliasghar Montazar, UC Cooperative Extension
Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Organic Baby Spinach Production
Session 3 - Soil Amendments
Sanjai Parikh, UC Davis
Evaluating Biochar Use in Agriculture
Brent Holtz, UC Cooperative Extension
Bob Hutmacher, UC Davis
Gypsum and Acid Amendments to Soils and Irrigation Water - Infiltration Problems and Issues with Use
Session 4 - Water Quality Regulatory Updates
Debra Dunn, Kings River Conservation District
Creating a Pilot Nitrate Management Zone - Helping Growers While Providing Safe Drinking Water
Sarah Bragg-Flavan, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program - Central Coast
J.P. Cativiela, Dairy Cares Coalition and Central Valley Dairy Representative Monitoring Program
Central Valley Dairies - from Groundwater Monitoring to Recommendations for Solutions and Upgrades
Session 5 - Best Management Practices for Controlling Pesticides in Agricultural Runoff
Anson Main, CA Department of Pesticide Regulation
DPR Surface Water Protection Program - An Overview of Agricultural Monitoring throughout California
Bryn Phillips, UC Davis
Integrated Approaches to Mitigating Pesticides in Agricultural Runoff
Parry Klassen, Coalition for Urban Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES)
Session 6 - Plant Breeding
Lam Bao Huynh, UC Riverside
California Cowpea Blackeye-grain, Vegetable and Cover-crop Improvement Program
Thomas Gradziel, UC Davis
Roger Chetelat, UC Davis
Session 7 - Pest Management
Greg Douhan, UC Cooperative Extension
The Latest in HLB and Asian Citrus Psyllid Management
Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis
Current Status and Mitigation of Insecticide Resistance of Alfalfa Weevil
Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, UC Cooperative Extension
Pest Management Challenges in Diversified Specialty Crop Rotations
Session 8 - Organic Production
Gina Colfer, Wilbur-Ellis Company
Organic and Sustainable Pest Control - It’s A Whole Systems Approach
Margaret Lloyd, UC Cooperative Extension
Estimating Nitrogen in Organic Operations
Ehsan Toosi, True Organic Products