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Innovations in Irrigation

Agriculture Sessions | Turf/Landscape Sessions | Water Management Sessions

The Innovations in Irrigation conference is included in your full registration to the Irrigation Show and open to all exhibitors.

Water Management Sessions  
       
Wednesday, Dec. 2      
11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.   Inherent Drought Response Flexibility in Irrigated Landscapes
Stephen W. Smith, Aqua Engineering, Inc.		  
12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.   Using Infrared Thermography to Determine Crop Water Stress in Cotton
Susan A. O'Shaughnessy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service		  
12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.   Applying Mechanized Irrigation to Rice Production
Jacob LaRue, Valmont Industries Inc.		  
12:40 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.   Water Conservation’s Role in California Water Transfers
Charles M. Burt, Irrigation Training & Research Center		  
1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.   Sand vs. Sand Filters: A Case for Reduced Backwashing
Randy D. Delenikos, LAKOS Separators & Filtration Systems		  
4:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   Quantifying Effective Rain in Landscape Irrigation Water Management
Steven Moore, Utah Irrigation Association		  
5:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.   Modeling Pecan Growth & Fertilization Under Nitrogen Stress
Junming Wang, New Mexico State University 		 
5:20 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.   Subsurface Drip Irrigation/Fertigation for Site-Specific Precision Management of Cotton
Mark Dougherty, Biosystems Engineering		  
5:40 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.   Revisiting the Scheduling Coefficient
Robert D. von Bernuth, Michigan State University 		 
6:00 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.   Domestic Waste Water Use in Microirrigation
Vinod Kumar Tripathi, Indian Agricultural Research Institute 		 
       
Thursday, Dec. 3      
1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.   The Landscape Contractor’s Role in Conserving Water
Richard Restuccia, ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance		  
1:20 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.   Irrigation Efficiency Management for LEED Certification
John Murphy, Silver Sand Services		  
1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.   Microirrigation for Sustainable Water Use: A Multi-State Collaboration
Dana O. Porter, Texas AgriLife Extension Service/Texas AgriLife Research		  
2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.   Tactical Drip Irrigation Management in Melon Production in the Humid Southeast
Hamid J. Farahani, Clemson University, Department of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering		  
       
Friday, Dec. 4      
11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.   Professional Landscape Irrigation Management: An Industry in Formation
Kenneth W. Cook, Acequia		  
12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.   Return on Environment: A New Evaluation of Filtration Systems
Jim Lauria, Amiad Filtration Systems		  
12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.   Directed Manipulation of Crop Water Status Through Canopy Temperature-Based Irrigation Management
James Mahan, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Plant Stress & Water Conservation Laboratory 		 
12:40 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.   Irrigation Scheduling by Soil Water Potential
Clinton C. Shock, Oregon State University, Malheur Experiment Station		  
1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.   Rainwater Catchment Systems
Billy Kniffen, American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association