Course: Advances in Citrus Water Management Workshop

ADVANCES IN CITRUS WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Date: June 22, 2022
Location: San Diego County Farm Bureau
420 S. Broadway, Ste. 200, Escondido, CA 92025
With: UC Davis, UC Cooperative Extension, California Citrus Research Board
Registration: $50
(Includes participation fee, lunch meal, and access to workshop presentations)
Online Registration Link:
https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=37313

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Morning Session – (9:00 am – 12:30 pm)

• 8:30 – 9:00 am: On-site Registration

Block A – Basic principles & information for irrigation management – Moderator: E. Scudiero

• 9:00 – 9:15 am: Welcome and Update on Southern California Citrus Industry: Desert Report (S. Rios, UCCE Riverside County)
• 9:15 – 9:45 am: Soil-Plant-Water Relations for Citrus (B. Faber, UCCE Ventura County)
• 9:45 – 10:15 am: Water Budgeting: where to find the relevant information and how it all works together (K. Bali, UC ANR)
• 10:15 – 10:45 am: Methods and Tools for Irrigation Scheduling in Citrus (D. Zaccaria, UC Davis)
• 10:45 – 11:00 am: Questions & Answers
• 11:00 – 11:15 am COFFEE BREAK

Block B – Information developed through research efforts – Moderator: S. Rios

• 11:15 – 11:45 am: Results from the CDFA-funded Research Project (2018-2020) on Citrus ET and /Kc (D. Zaccaria, UC Davis)
• 11:45 – 12:15 pm: Strategies for Citrus Irrigation Management with Limited Water Supply (B. Faber, UCCE Ventura County)
• 12:15 – 12:30 pm: Questions & Answers
• 12:30 – 1:15 pm LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 3:00 pm

Block C – Water management aspects – Moderator: K. Bali

• 1:15 – 1:45 pm: How to Address Field-scale Soil and Plant Spatial Variability (E. Scudiero, UC Riverside)
• 1:45 – 2:15 pm: Water Management Practices in Compliance with the SGMA Regulation (B. Faber, UCCE Ventura County)
• 2:15 – 2:45 pm: Use of FRET – Forecast ETo from the National Weather Service for Prospective Irrigation Scheduling (R. Snyder/D. Zaccaria, UC Davis)
• 2:45 – 3:00 pm: Questions & Answers
• 3:00 pm WORKSHOP ADJOURN

Questions:
For registration questions, please contact Terri Gonzalez: gtgonzalez@ucanr.edu

For questions regarding the Morning and Afternoon Sessions, please contact Daniele Zaccaria(dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu), Khaled Bali (kmbali@ucanr.edu), or Sonia Rios (sirios@ucanr.edu).

List of speakers/presenters and email contacts:
1. Sonia Rios – UCCE Riverside County: sirios@ucanr.edu
2. Ben Faber – UCCE Ventura County: bafaber@ucdavis.edu
3. Khaled Bali – UC Kearney Agricultural REC: kmbali@ucanr.edu
4. Daniele Zaccaria – UC Davis: dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu
5. Elia Scudiero – UC Riverside: elia.scudiero@ucr.edu
6. Rick Snyder – UC Davis: rlsnyder@ucdavis.ed