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Irrigation
Pressure Chamber Gauges Tree Water Stress, Helping Fine-tune Orchard Irrigation
UC Davis Plant Sciences Professor Ken Shackel, who has spent much of his career working with the pressure…
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Category: Irrigation
Almonds
Variable Rate Irrigation Pays Off in Water Use Efficiency for New Almond Orchards
It is rare that an almond orchard or a site to be planted to almonds will have just…
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Irrigation
Revisiting Drip Irrigation for New Mexico Pecans
Pecan production in southern New Mexico is growing. Every year, additional acres of new trees can be spotted…
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Irrigation
Irrigation in Nut Crops using Evapotranspiration
Western nut growers increasingly rely on weekly evapotranspiration rates to create a water budget for irrigating nut crops.…
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Ag Industry
Successes in Groundwater Recharge
Ten years ago was a time before the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and even before many knew what…
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Irrigation
Take Advantage of Fertigation Opportunities
Tree nut growers using pressurized irrigation systems in their orchards have the opportunity to fertigate, but may not…
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Almonds
Almond Bloom Intensity
Factors influencing a current year’s almond bloom intensity may have been initiated 9 months prior to bloom. In…
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Almonds
‘Moonshot’ Effort Needed to Build Future Agricultural Water Supply
After decades of over-pumping groundwater, California faces declining aquifers and stark choices – a future so challenging that…
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Irrigation
Let the Tree Dictate When to Start Irrigating
There are many available techniques for scheduling irrigation in walnuts during the season, says Ken Shackel, Professor in…
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Irrigation
Clearing the Water on the Biological Opinions
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the federal rules known as biological opinions that are…
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