Irrigating Field Crops in a Short-Water Year Meeting Information
Presentations from the meeting, "Irrigating Field Crops in a Water-Short year," March 21, 2014:
Irrigation strategies for alfalfa, corn and blackeyes - Carol Frate, University of California Cooperative extension Farm Advisor, Tulare County
End of season irrigation strategy for small grains
- Steve Wright, University of California Cooperative extension
Farm Advisor, Tulare County
Irrigation strategies for cotton
- Dr. Robert Hutmacher, Extension Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences,
UC Davis stationed at UC West Side Research and Extension Center
Getting the most from irrigation system
- Dr. Larry Schwankl, Extension Specialist, Dept. of LAWR, UCD stationed
at UC West Side Research and extension Center
Forage and grain sorghum water use and stress responses
- Dr. Robert Hutmacher, Extension Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences,
UC Davis stationed at UC West Side Research and Extension Center
Sorghum varieties, yield and quality
- Dr. Jeff Dahlberg, Extension Specialist & Director, Kearney Agricultural
Research & Extension Center, Parlier
E-Mail addresses for speakers:
Jeff Dahlberg: jadahlberg@ucanr.edu
Carol Frate: cafrate@ucanr.edu
Bob Hutmacher: rbhutmacher@ucdavis.edu
Larry Schwankl: ljhschwankl@ucanr.edu
Steve Wright: sdwright@ucanr.edu
Other Resources and Links:
University of California Drought Information
Alfalfa Resources:
Articles:
Coping with low water years: What strategies for alfalfa can you use? - Blaine Hanson, Steve Orloff, Khaled Bali, Blake Sanden, Dan Putnam - from 2009 Western States Alfalfa and Forage Symposium
Historical alfalfa ET for the Central Valley - Adapted from Blaine Hanson http://ucmanagedrought.ucdavis.edu/Agriculture/Crop_Irrigation_Strategies/Alfalfa
Managing alfalfa production with limited irrigation water - Carol Frate and Bruce Roberts - 1992 California Alfalfa Symposium
Key irrigation management practices for alfalfa - Black Sanden, Blaine Hanson and Khaled Bali - from 2012 Alfalfa and Forage Conference, Basic information on irrigating alfalfa
Improving flood irrigation management in alfalfa - Khaled M. Bali, Blaine R. Hanson and Blake L. Sandend - from 2010 Alfalfa and Forage Symposium
Sorghum - Drought Year Forage of Choice?
- Carol Collar, Peter Robinson
Links:
UC irrigation and drought management site - this page has a link for alfalfa specifically including alfalfa ET
University of California Alfalfa and Forages - all kinds of information on alfalfa. From this page access the searchable proceedings for each annual alfalfa symposium (Go to proceedings on the brown horizontal bar towards the top of the page and a drop down menu will occur).
Corn Resources
Article:
Irrigating Corn with Limited Water Supplies Carol Frate - 2010 California Plant and Soil Conference
Estimates of Corn ET - Schwankl & Fulton
Link:
UC irrigation and drought management site - this page has a link for alfalfa specifically including alfalfa ET
Blackeye Beans Resources
Articles:
*file187154* - C.A. Frate, L.J. Schwankl, S.C. Muller
*file187155* - C.A. Frate, L.J. Schwankl
Deficit irrigation of blackeyes with alternate furrow and reduced irrigation frequency - B. Sanden, P. Goodell, S. Muller, L. Schwankl, C. Frate, J. Ehlers, L. Godfrey
Deficit irrigation of blackeyes with variable plant densities - S.C. Mueller, L. Schwankl, C.A. Frate, J. Ehlers, B. Sanden, and S. Temple
Using subsurface drip to measure water use of cowpea 2005 - W.R. DeTar, H. Funk
*file187141* - W.R. DeTar, H.A. Funk and B. M. Sanden
Link:
University of California Grain Legume Page: searchable database for annual UC research reports on dry beans
Other Associated Links
Presentations on General Irrigation Topics - Dr. Larry Schwankl on surface, drip and micro irrigation systems
More Information on Irrigation and Drought - Dr. Larry Schwankl
More Information on Sorghum - Jeff Dahlberg
More Information on General Drought Resources