Research and Extension Presentations (selected):
2022
UNIVERSITY & INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM SPRING 2022 CONFERENCE
Site-specific irrigation management projects in CA low desert region
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UCR URBAN LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION VIRTUAL 2022 FIELD DAY FOR MASTER GARDENERS
Cooling Urban Heat Islands With Trees (Janet Hartin)
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Drought Tolerance and Avoidance Mechanisms in Plants (Don Merhaut)
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An Introduction to Smart Irrigation Controllers (Amir Haghverdi)
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Drought, Heat and Pest Resistant Trees for Southern California (Janet Hartin)
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Lessons Learned From 6 Years of Turfgrass Irrigation Research in Southern and Central California (Amninder Singh, Jean Claude Iradukunda, Amir Haghverdi)
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Trade-offs Between Water Conservation and Irrigation Cooling Benefits of 14 Groundcover Species in Inland Southern California (Anish Sapkota, Zahra Amiri, Don Merhaut, Amir Haghverdi)
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Soil Compaction Reduces Soil Infiltration and Increases Runoff (Anish Sapkota, Jean Claude Iradukunda, Clare Murphy-Hagan, Amir Haghverdi)
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2021
2nd Los Angeles Urban Soil Symposium - October 26, 2021
Water Conservation and Landscape Irrigation Management
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Irrigation Management Tools and Technologies Workshop UCCE Imperial County – March 3rd, 2021
Fundamentals of site-specific variable rate irrigation management
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Challenges and opportunities to use drones for irrigation management
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VRI-EVAL: A web-based tool for variable rate irrigation pre-adoption assessment
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2020
UCR URBAN LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION VIRTUAL 2020 FIELD DAY FOR MASTER GARDENERS
Smart irrigation controllers
(Amir Haghverdi, Assistant CE Professor, UCR) |
Bermudagrass irrigation using recycled water & SMS based smart controller (Amninder Singh, PhD Candidate, UCR)
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Groundcover irrigation using ET based smart controller (Anish Sapkota, PhD Candidate, UCR)
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Landscape Tree Mulch Study (Janet Hartin, UCANR, Area Environmental Horticulturist)
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Drought resistance, tolerance and avoidance mechanisms of ornamental plants (Don Merhaut, Associate CE Professor , UCR)
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Climate-Ready Landscape Trees (Janet Hartin, Area Environmental Horticulturist, UCANR)
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