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Advanced Sensing & Management Technology in Specialty Crops

Publications

2013

Siddiqui, Muhammad Ismail  and Patrick Brown. 2013. Pistachio Early-Season Sampling and In-Season Nitrogen Application Maximizes Productivity, Minimizes Loss. 9 pp.

Saa Silva, Sebastian, Saiful Muhammad, Blake Sanden, Emilio Laca and Patrick Brown. 2013. Almond Early-Season Sampling and In-Season Nitrogen Application Maximizes Productivity, Minimizes Loss. in California Almonds. California Almond Board. 9 pp.

2012

lsina, M.M., A.C. Borges, A.C and D.R. Smart, D.R. 2012. Spatiotemporal variation of event related N2O and CH4 emissions during fertigation in a California almond orchard. Ecosphere (in press).

Deb, S. K., M. K. Shukla, and J. G. Mexal 2012a. Simulating deep percolation in flood-irrigated mature orchards with RZWQM2. Trans. ASABE. (In Press).

Deb, S. K., M. K. Shukla, and J. G. Mexal. 2012b. Estimating midday leaf and stem water potentials of mature pecan trees from soil water content and climatic parameters. Hort. Sci. 47(7):907–916.

Deb, S. K., M. K. Shukla, P. Sharma, and J. G. Mexal 2011b. Soil water depletion in irrigated mature pecans under contrasting soil textures for arid southern New Mexico. Irrig. Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s00271-011-0293-1.

Engles, S., M. Funk, T. Sammis 2012. Creating a Workflow Based Application to Process Geophysical Data for the Individual Researcher Journal of Scientific Programming (submitted).

Falk, M., R.D. Pyles, S. L. Ustin, B.L. Sanden and P.H. Brown, 2012. Long-term Estimates of Crop Evapotranspiration using the ACASA model at an irrigated Almond Orchard. Journal of Hydrometeorology (submitted).

Falk, M., R.D. Pyles, S.L.Ustin, K.T. Paw U, R.L. Snyder, L.Xu, Q. Hart, M.L. Whiting, and P.H. Brown. 2012 Regional water use over irrigated orchards with WRF-ACASA. Journal of Hydrometeorology (submitted).

Lampinen, B.,  V. Udompetaikul, G.  Brown,  S. Metcalf, W. Stewart, L. Contador, C. Negrón, S. Upadhyaya. 2012. A mobile platform for measuring canopy photosynthetically active radiation interception in orchard systems. HortTechnology 22: 237-244.

Sanden, B., P. Brown, R. Snyder. 2012. New insights on water management in almonds. Conference Proceedings: Regulatory issues impacting California agriculture. American Society of Agronomy, Visalia, California, pp. 88-93.

Sammis, T. W., M. K. Shukla, J. G. Mexal, J. Wang, D. R. Miller. 2012 Pecan Research and Outreach in New Mexico: Logic Model Development and Change in Communication Paradigms. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (in press).

Sammis, T.M., V. Gutschick,  J. Wang, D.R. Miller. 2012. Model of water and nitrogen management in pecan trees under normal and resource-limited conditions. Agricultural Water Management (submitted).

Sammis. T. W, D. DuBois, S. Engle, J. Wang , D. R. Miller 2012. Use of Forecast data in irrigation scheduling models. Agricultural water management (submitted)

Sanden, B., et al. 2012. New insights on water management in almonds. “Regulatory Issues Impacting California Agriculture” Visalia, California 7-8 Feb, 2012 Proceedings: Amer. Soc. Agron. Calif. Chap. pp. 88-93. Univ. Calf. Davis, http://calasa.ucdavis.edu

Schellenberg, D.L., M.M. Alsina, S. Muhammad, C.M. Stockert, M.W. Wolff, B.L. Sanden, P.H. Brown and D.R. Smart. 2012. Yield-scaled global warming potential from N2O emissions and CH4 oxidation for almond irrigated with N fertilizers on arid land. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 155: 7-15.

Shackel, K.A., T.L Prichard, L.J  Schwankl. 2012. Irrigation scheduling and tree stress. In: Prune production manual, University of California, ANR publication #3507.

Valdez Zarate, J, .L., M.L. Whiting, B.D. Lampinen, S. Metcalf, S.L. Ustin, and P.H. Brown. 2012. Prediction of leaf area index in almonds by vegetation indexes. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 85:24-32.



2011

Deb, S., M. K. Shukla, P. Sharma, J. Mexal, 2011a. Soil water depletion in irrigated mature pecans under contrasting soil textures for arid Southern New Mexico. Irrig Sci, 1-17.

Deb, S. K., M. K. Shukla, J. G. Mexal, 2011b. Numerical Modeling of Water Fluxes in the Root Zone of a Mature Pecan Orchard. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75, 1667-1680.

 Deb, S. K., M. K. Shukla, P. Sharma, J. G. Mexal, 2011c. Coupled Liquid Water, Water Vapor, and Heat Transport Simulations in an Unsaturated Zone of a Sandy Loam Field. Soil Science 176, 387-398.  (subscription user login)

Sharma, P., Shukla, M.K., Mexal, J.G., 2011. Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in Agricultural Fields of Southern New Mexico. Soil Science 176, 288-302. (subscription user login) 

Smart, D. R., M. M. Alsina, M. W. Wolff, M. G. Matiasek, D. L. Schellenberg,  J. P. Edstrom, P. H. Brown, and K. M. Scow, 2011. N2O Emissions and Water Management in California Perennial Crops. Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Management. American Chemical Society, pp. 227-255. (PDF)

Suddick, E.C., K. Steenwerth, G. M. Garland, D. R. Smart, and J. Six, 2011. Discerning Agricultural Management Effects on Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Conventional and Alternative Cropping Systems: A California Case Study. Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Management. American Chemical Society, pp. 203-226. (PDF)

2010

Hannah H., L. Lombardini, and A. Volder, 2010. Aligning root growth with phenology in pecans. Proceedings of the Texas Pecan Growers Association Annual Conference, San Marcos, TX. July 2010.

Smart, D. R., M. W. Wolff, E. Carlisle, and Maria del Mar Alsina, 2010. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Vineyard: Advances in the Search to Develop More Sustainable Practices. Proceedings of the EcoSostenibleWine Conference, Vilafranca de Penedes, Catalunya (Spain). pp.1-13. (PDF)


2009

Phillips, K.,and  L. Lombardini, 2009. Getting to the root of science in a nutty way. Agri-LIfe News.

Zarate-Valdez, J. L., M. L. Whiting, B. D. Lampinen, S. Metcalf, S. L. Ustin and P. H. Brown, 2011. Prediction of leaf area index in almonds by vegetation indexes (in preparation).