2022 Presentations and Proceedings

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

8:00 – 8:10 a.m.

Florence Cassel, CA-ASA President, Introduction (Video)

Main Session: Solutions in a Time of Scarcity - California's Water Future
Chairs:  Florence Cassel and Michelle Leinfelder-Miles

8:10 – 8:15 a.m.

Introductory Remarks (Video)

8:15

Drought: What’s Old is New Again (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Jeanine Jones, Interstate Resources Manager, CA Department of Water Resources

8:45

Floor Mar at Terranova Ranch (Video)

Don Cameron, General Manager, Terranova Ranch, Inc. and President, California State Board of Food and Agriculture

9:15

California’s and the San Joaquin Valley’s Uncertain Water Future (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Sarge Green, Research Scientist, CA State University, Fresno

9:45

Discussion (Video)

10:05

Break

Session 1: Strategies for Increasing Farm Water Conservation: Perspectives from Growers and Practitioners
Chairs: Michael Cahn and Mae Culumber

10:20

Opening Remarks (Video)

10:25

Increasing water conservation and nutrient efficiency through SWEEP and HSP grants (Video)

Aparna Gazula, UC Cooperative Extension

10:40

Challenges to Improving Irrigation Management on a Central Coast Vegetable Farm (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Mark Mason, Huntington Farms

10:55

Using Technology to Make Informed Irrigation Decisions: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Measure It (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Brandon Rebiero, Gold Leaf Farming

11:10

Panel Discussion (Video)

11:40

Lunch Break

Session 2: Crop Tolerance to Heat, Drought, and Deficit Irrigation
Chair: Lauren Hale

12:30 PM

Opening Remarks (Video)

12:35

Lessons from the Field: How Sorghum and Its Microbiome Respond to Drought (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Peggy Lemaux, UC Berkeley

1:00

The Impact of Deficit Irrigation on Almond, Walnut and Pistachio Nut Crops (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Robert Beede, UC Cooperative Extension

1:25

Drought Tolerance Traits for Grape Rootstocks (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Megan Bartlett, UC Davis

1:50

Break

Student Oral Presentations
Chairs: Nick Clark, Mark Cady, and Ranjit Riar

2:00

Introduction (Video)

SmartLawn Demonstration: Water Budget Calculations for Warm-Season Turfgrass and Turfgrass-Alternative to Meet California’s Landscape Ordinance (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Aaron Guerra, UC Davis

The Proportion of Bell Bean (vicia faba) Biomass and Nitrogen in Cover Crop Mixes in Annual Crops and Orchards in Northern California (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Samantha Jackson, CSU Chico

Photoselective Shade Films Affect Grapevine Berry Secondary Metabolism and Wine Composition (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Lauren Marigliano, UC Davis

EM38 Soil Surveys and the Collection of Site Specific Data for Future 1-D Hydrus Modelling to Characterize Salt Transport and Estimate Leaching Fractions for Forage Fields Irrigated with Saline Drainage Water (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Rito Medina, CSU Fresno

3:00

Adjourn (Video)

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Session 3: Current Issues and Advancements in Weed Management
Chairs: Ranjit Riar and Gina Colfer

8:00

Opening Remarks (Video)

8:05

The Increasing Prevalence of Palmer amaranth and Common Waterhemp in the Central Valley (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Anil Shrestha, CA State University, Fresno

8:30

New Technologies for Weeding in High Value Vegetable Crops (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Pauline Canteneur, FarmWise Technologies

8:55

Common Rush Management in Irrigated Pastures Using Wick Wiper and Roundup (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Ranjit Riar, CA State University, Fresno

9:20

Break

Session 4: Hot Topics in Pest Management
Chairs: Jacob Wenger and Marja Koivunen

9:35

Opening Remarks (Video)

9:40

Impact of Climate Change on Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Jhalendra P. Rijal, UC Cooperative Extension

10:05

Responding to the Growing Threat of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) Affecting Lettuce in the Salinas Valley (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Daniel K. Hasegawa, USDA-ARS

10:30

Evaluation of Chemical Control Strategies for Branched Broomrape in California Processing Tomatoes (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Matthew Fatino, UC Davis

10:55

Break

Session 5: Biostimulants
Chairs: Eric Ellison, Mark Cady, Marja Koivunen

11:10

Opening Remarks (Video)

11:15

Biostimulants from a Regulatory Perspective (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Nick Young, CA Department of Food and Agriculture

11:40

Can Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria Replace Current Methods of Promoting Plant Growth and/or Clean up Contaminated Soils? (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Ann Hirsch, UCLA

12:05 PM

Biostimulants and Factors Affecting Crop Responses (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Michael Rethwisch, UC Cooperative Extension

12:30

Lunch

CA-ASA Business Meeting

1:00

Opening Business Items (Video)

1:20

Announcement of Student Scholarship Awards (Video)

1:30

Announcement of Student Lightning Presentation Awards (Video)

1:45

Presentation of Awards to 2022 Honorees (Video)

• Bruce Roberts, presented by Phillip Smith (Video)
• Blake Sanden, presented by Robert Beede (Video)

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Closing Business Items (Video)

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Session 6: Irrigation Under Drought Conditions
Chairs: Michael Cahn, Mae Culumber, and Florence Cassel

8:00

Opening Remarks (Video)

8:05

Understanding How Drought May Affect Your Irrigation Pump (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Bill Green, CA State University, Fresno

8:30

Water Management Considerations for Tree Crops Under a Limited Water Supply (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Allan Fulton, UC Cooperative Extension

8:55

Management of Salinity Under Drought Conditions (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Sharon Benes, CA State University, Fresno

9:20

Break

Session 7: Soil Conservation
Chairs: Lauren Hale and Sarah Light

9:35

Opening Remarks (Video)

9:40

Opportunities for Carbon Sequestration in California Soils (Video)

Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

10:05

Putting Compost Into Context (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Matt Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting and Neil Edgar, California Compost Coalition 

10:30

Predicting the Long Term Impact of Wood Biomass Applications on C Storage in Agricultural Soils (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Mae Culumber, UC Cooperative Extension

10:55

Break

Session 8: Nutrient Management
Chairs: Nick Clark and Daniel Geisseler

11:10

Opening Remarks (Video)

11:15

Nitrogen Fertility in Common Beans Following Whole Orchard Recycling (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UC Cooperative Extension

11:40

Potentials of Legumes as Food and Cover Crop in California’s Cropping Systems (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Hossein Zakeri, CA State University, Chico

12:05 - 12:30 PM

Onion Response to Irrigation and Nitrogen Rates (Video) (Presentation Slides)

Jairo Diaz, UC Cooperative Extension

END OF CONFERENCE (Video)