5th National Decennial Irrigation Conference Proceedings, 5-8 December 2010, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona USA


  1. Overview of Ogallala Aquifer Program
    Authors:   R Nolan Clark, David K Brauer
    Keywords:   Irrigation technology, irrigation scheduling, water conservation, economic impacts, Ogallala Aquifer
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35812
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  2. Deficit Irrigation Management Decision Tools
    Authors:   Norman L Klocke, Loyd R Stone
    Keywords:   Deficit Irrigation, Irrigation Management, Crop Simulation, Water Allocation, Decision Tools
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35813
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  3. Automatic Irrigation Scheduling of Grain Sorghum Using a CWSI and Time Threshold
    Authors:   Susan A O’Shaughnessy, Steven R Evett, Paul D Colaizzi, Terry A Howell
    Keywords:   Automation and control, center pivot irrigation, CWSI, sorghum
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35814
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  4. Crop Coefficient Development and Application to an Evapotranspiration Network
    Authors:   Thomas Marek, Terry A Howell, Richard L Snyder, Dana Porter, Thomas Scherer
    Keywords:   Keywords: crop coefficient, evapotranspiration, evapotranspiration network, ET applications, lysimeter, irrigation demand estimates
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35815
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  5. Technology Transfer: Promoting Irrigation Progress and Best Management Practices
    Authors:   Dana O Porter, Danny Rogers, Thomas H Marek, Freddie Lamm, Norman L Klocke, Mahbub Alam, Terry Howell
    Keywords:   irrigation, educational methods, best management practices, Ogallala Aquifer, irrigation management, water conservation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35816
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  6. Optimal Corn Management with Diminished Well Capacities
    Authors:   Alan J Schlegel, Loyd R Stone, Troy J Dumler, Freddie R Lamm
    Keywords:   Preseason irrigation, well capacity, corn, irrigation management
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35817
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  7. Crop Production Comparison with Spray, LEPA, and Subsurface Drip Irrigation in the Texas High Plains
    Authors:   Paul D Colaizzi, Steven R Evett, Terry A Howell, R Louis Baumhardt
    Keywords:   Grain sorghum, soybean, cotton, water use efficiency, Ogallala Aquifer, semiarid
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35818
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  8. Can Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) be a Competitive Irrigation System in the Great Plains Region for Commodity Crops?
    Authors:   Freddie R Lamm, Paul D Colaizzi, James P Bordovsky, Todd P Trooien, Juan Enciso-Medina, Dana O Porter, Danny H Rogers, Daniel M O’Brien
    Keywords:   Microirrigation, subsurface drip irrigation, irrigation design, irrigation management
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35819
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  9. Water Production Functions for Central Plains Crops
    Authors:   Thomas J Trout, Walter C Bausch, Gerald W Buchleiter
    Keywords:   Irrigation management, deficit irrigation, productivity, crop stress
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35820
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  10. Single- and Dual-Surface Implicit Energy Balance Solutions for Reference ET
    Authors:   Steven R Evett, Robert J Lascano, Terry A Howell, Judy A Tolk, Susan A O’Shaughnessy, Paul D Colaizzi
    Keywords:   Irrigation scheduling, Evapotranspiration, Penman-Monteith, Crop coefficient, Implicit solution
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35821
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  11. Two Source Energy Balance Model – Refinements and Lysimeter Tests in the Southern High Plains
    Authors:   Paul D Colaizzi, William P Kustas, Martha C Anderson, Steven R Evett, Terry A Howell, Prasanna H Gowda, Susan A O’Shaughnessy, Judy A Tolk
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, remote sensing, row crops, Texas, latent heat flux, clumping index, fractional cover, radiometric temperature
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35822
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  12. Surface Energy Balance System for Estimating Daily Evapotranspiration Rates in the Texas High Plains
    Authors:   Prasanna H Gowda, Terry A Howell, George Paul, Thomas H Marek, Paul D Colaizzi
    Keywords:   Surface energy balance, SEBS
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35823
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  13. Evaluation of a two-layer Model to Estimate the Latent heat flux over a Drip-Irrigated Olive Orchard
    Authors:   Samuel Ortega-Farias, Rafael López-Olivari
    Keywords:   evapotranspiration, olive trees, energy balance, eddy correlation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35824
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  14. Alfalfa ET from a Weighing Lysimeter in the Arkansas Valley of Colorado
    Authors:   Allan A Andales, Lane H Simmons, Michael E Bartolo, Dale Straw, José L Chávez, Thomas W Ley, Hamdan S AlWahaibi
    Keywords:   evapotranspiration, alfalfa, lysimeter, ASCE standardized reference ET, crop coefficient
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35825
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  15. Translating Wind Speed Measured over Alfalfa for Use in the ASCE Standardized Reference ET Equation
    Authors:   Thomas W Ley, Richard G Allen, Marvin E Jensen
    Keywords:   ASCE Standardized Reference Evapotranspiration Equation, Reference ET, wind speed, agricultural weather station
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35826
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  16. Operational Characteristics of Sap Flow Heat Gauges to Quantify Transpiration Flux in Corn
    Authors:   Robert M Aiken, Norman L Klocke
    Keywords:   transpiration, evaporation, sap flow heat gauges, canopy resistance, Penman-Monteith
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35827
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  17. Recommended Documentation of Evapotranspiration Measurements and Associated Weather Data and a Review of Requirements for Accuracy
    Authors:   Richard G Allen, Luis S Pereira, Terry A Howell, Marvin E Jensen
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, measurement, documentation, quality control, quality assessment, eddy covariance, Bowen ratio, lysimeters, sap flow, soil water balance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35828
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  18. Site-Specific Sprinkler Irrigation in a Water Limited Future
    Authors:   Robert G Evans, Bradley A King
    Keywords:   precision irrigation, precision agriculture, spatial variability, water management, controls, control systems, decision support, sensor systems
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35829
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  19. Precision Irrigation with Wireless Monitoring and Control System Technology
    Authors:   José L Chávez, Francis J Pierce, Todd V Elliott
    Keywords:   variable-rate irrigation, remote control, water management zones, MODBUS, RS-485, GPS
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35830
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  20. Integrated Decision Support, Sensor Networks and Adaptive Control for Wireless Site-specific Sprinkler Irrigation
    Authors:   Robert G Evans, William M Iversen, Yunseop Kim
    Keywords:   Decision support, adaptive control, sprinkler irrigation, wireless networks, sensors, automation, water management, measurement
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35831
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  21. A Review of Center Pivot Irrigation Control and Automation Technologies
    Authors:   W L Kranz, R G Evans, F R Lamm, S A O’Shaughnessy, T R Peters
    Keywords:   Keywords: site-specific irrigation, distributed sensor networks, wireless communication, variable rate irrigation,
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35832
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  22. A Developing Crisis in Irrigation Advisory Services
    Authors:   Marshall English
    Keywords:   Irrigation, optimization, deficit irrigation,
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35833
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  23. What Will it Take to Get Irrigators to Use Advisory Programs? Lessons Learned from the Past 10 Years and Beyond
    Authors:   Thomas Marek, Thomas Scherer, Dana Porter, Danny Rogers, Joseph Henggeler, Terry A Howell
    Keywords:   Keywords: irrigation adoption, advisory programs, irrigation scheduling, irrigation, software development
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35834
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  24. Irrigation Scheduling Programs of the Last Ten Years
    Authors:   Joseph C Henggeler, Peter M Robinson, Thomas F Scherer
    Keywords:   weather stations, satellite imagery
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35835
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  25. Envisioning The Next Generation Of Irrigation Schedulers
    Authors:   Charles C Hillyer, Peter Robinson
    Keywords:   Irrigation Scheduling, Deficit Irrigation, Irrigation Optimization, Survey
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35836
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  26. A Web Based Advisory Service For Optimum Irrigation Management
    Authors:   Charles C Hillyer, Chadi Sayde
    Keywords:   Deficit Irrigation, Irrigation Scheduling, Optimization, Web-Based
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35837
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  27. Effect of reference-ET method on irrigation scheduling model
    Authors:   Daniel K Fisher, H.C (Lyle) Pringle III
    Keywords:   irrigation scheduling, evapotranspiration, water balance, soil-water deficit
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35838
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  28. Technological challenges to irrigation scheduling – Crop Coefficients, ETo forecasts, and in-situ ET measurements
    Authors:   Richard L Snyder, Thomas M Shapland, Frank E Anderson, Zhenwei Song, Alfonso Russo, Atef Swelam, Rubén Moratiel
    Keywords:   Water requirements, water stress, lysimeters, surface renewal, eddy covariance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35839
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  29. Using Historic Weather Data to Automatically Determine Length of Time for Crop Coefficient Growth Periods
    Authors:   Joseph C Henggeler
    Keywords:   irrigation scheduling, modifying crop coefficients, plant height, canopy coverage, cardinal temperatures
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35840
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  30. Midday Stem Water Potential as a Basis for Irrigation Scheduling
    Authors:   K A Shackel, R P Buchner, J H Connell, J P Edstrom, A E Fulton, B A Holtz, B D Lampinen, R O Reil, William L Stewart, M A Viveros
    Keywords:   water potential, RDI, plant-based, stress, yield
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35841
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  31. Reducing the Uncertainty of Soil Moisture Water Determinations
    Authors:   Chadi Sayde, Alix Gitelman, Charles Hillyer, Laureine El Khoury
    Keywords:   Irrigation management, deficit irrigation, Bayesian Decision Theory, Hierarchical Models, Bayesian, uncertainty
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35842
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  32. Analyzing Water Management and Production Trade-offs Using Crop Systems Models
    Authors:   Kelly R Thorp, Douglas J Hunsaker, Andrew N French
    Keywords:   crop model, water, irrigation, wheat, management, simulation, yield, water use efficiency
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35843
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  33. In-Soil and Down-Hole Soil Water Sensors: Characteristics for Irrigation Management
    Authors:   Steven R Evett, Robert C Schwartz, Robert J Lascano, Mathew G Pelletier
    Keywords:   Soil water content, Irrigation scheduling, Irrigation Management, Sensors, Temperature
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35844
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  34. Does Center Pivot Irrigation Have a Future to Continue to Meet the World’s Needs for Efficient and Precise Irrigation?
    Authors:   Barry Ruffalo, Bob Friehe, Paul Meyer, Kevin Dickson, Jacob L LaRue
    Keywords:   Irrigation, Center Pivots, Precise Irrigation, Precision Irrigation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35845
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  35. Deep Percolation under Center Pivots with No-till
    Authors:   D E Eisenhauer, J H Deck, S Irmak
    Keywords:   Deep percolation, Vadose Zone, No-till, Center-pivot, Row Crop
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35846
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  36. Development of Irrigation Management Techniques for Rice Under Mechanized Irrigation
    Authors:   Jacob L LaRue
    Keywords:   Rice, Irrigation, Center Pivot Irrigation, Linear Irrigation, Irrigation Management
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35847
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  37. Droplet Kinetic Energy from Center-Pivot Sprinklers
    Authors:   Bradley A King, David L Bjorneberg
    Keywords:   Sprinkler, Center pivot, Infiltration, Kinetic energy, Runoff, Sprinkler irrigation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35848
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  38. Green and Ampt Infiltration Parameters Under No-till Center Pivots
    Authors:   Jessica H Deck, Dean E Eisenhauer, Suat Irmak, Paul Jasa, Derrel L Martin
    Keywords:   Center pivot, No-till, Infiltration, Green and Ampt
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35849
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  39. Infiltration and Runoff under Center Pivots with No-till Planting
    Authors:   J H Deck, D E Eisenhauer, S Irmak
    Keywords:   Center pivot, No-till, Infiltration, Runoff, Row crop
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35850
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  40. Selecting Sprinkler Packages for Center Pivots
    Authors:   Derrel L Martin, William L Kranz, Allen L Thompson, H Liang
    Keywords:   Keywords: center pivot irrigation, runoff, evaporative loss, sprinkler selection
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35851
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  41. Irrigation Research Needs in the USA Mid-South and Southeast, Humid and Sub-Humid Regions
    Authors:   Earl D Vories, Steven R Evett
    Keywords:   Humid regions irrigation, surface water supply, aquifer depletion, irrigation management, water quality, water quantity, watersheds
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35852
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  42. Water Supply Problems and Solutions in the Grand Prairie Region of Arkansas
    Authors:   Phil L Tacker, Earl D Vories, Dennis Carman
    Keywords:   Rice, irrigation, Arkansas, Grand Prairie, Alluvial Aquifer, Critical Groundwater Area, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Army Corps of Engineers
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35853
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  43. Shallow Subsurface Drip Irrigation (S3DI) for Small Irregular-shaped Fields in the Southeast
    Authors:   Ronald B Sorensen, Marshall C Lamb
    Keywords:   Subsurface drip irrigation, shallow subsurface drip irrigation, corn, cotton, peanut, net revenue, crop yield, strip tillage
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35854
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  44. Development of irrigation scheduling tools for the humid, high-rainfall environment of the Lower Mississippi Delta
    Authors:   Gretchen F Sassenrath, H C Pringle, III, D K Fisher, Scott Samson, Amy M Schmidt, Bijay Shrestha
    Keywords:   Irrigation scheduling; web-based irrigation tools; water management; humid climates
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35855
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  45. Evaluation and Calibration of Radiation-Based Equations for Estimating Potential Evapotranspiration under Florida’s Humid Subtropical Climate
    Authors:   Isaya Kisekka, Kati W Migliaccio, Michael D Dukes
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, solar radiation, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, climate, Florida
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35856
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  46. Variable-Rate Irrigation Management for Peanut in the Eastern Coastal Plain
    Authors:   Kenneth C Stone, Philip J Bauer, Warren J Busscher, Joseph A Millen, Dean E Evans, Ernest E Strickland
    Keywords:   Variable rate irrigation, peanut, expert system, Irrigator Pro
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35857
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  47. Variable Rate Irrigation Management for Humid Climates Using a Conventional Center Pivot System
    Authors:   Allen L Thompson, Kenneth A Sudduth, Joseph C Henggeler, Earl D Vories, Andrew D Rackers
    Keywords:   irrigation scheduling, soil texture, variable rate irrigation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35858
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  48. Deficit Irrigation of Cotton in Tennessee
    Authors:   Brian G Leib, C Owen Gwathmey, Chris L Main
    Keywords:   Cotton, Deficit irrigation, Irrigation initiation, irrigation rate
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35859
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  49. WinSRFR: Current Advances in Software for Surface Irrigation Simulation and Analysis
    Authors:   Eduardo Bautista, Theodor S Strelkoff, Albert J Clemmens, James L Schlegel
    Keywords:   Surface irrigation, modeling, unsteady open-channel flow, infiltration, solute transport, sediment transport
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35860
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  50. The Current State of Predicting Furrow Irrigation Erosion
    Authors:   David L Bjorneberg, Theodor S Strelkoff, Albert J Clemmens, Joon Hee Lee
    Keywords:   Furrow Irrigation, Erosion Model, SISL, WEPP, WinSRFR, APEX
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35861
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  51. Comparison of Flooded and Sprinkler Irrigated Rice Production
    Authors:   Earl D Vories, Michael McCarty, W Gene Stevens, Phil L Tacker, Sam A Haidar
    Keywords:   Irrigation, rice, center pivot irrigation, flood irrigation, water management
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35862
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  52. Advances in Estimation of Parameters for Surface Irrigation Modeling and Management
    Authors:   Eduardo Bautista, Wynn R Walker
    Keywords:   Surface irrigation, infiltration, hydraulic resistance, parameter estimation, modeling
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35863
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  53. Deficit Irrigation Management: Concepts and Implementation
    Authors:   Terry Howell, Freddie Lamm, Judy Tolk
    Keywords:   Management, Crop Growth Stage, Yield, Water Conservation, Irrigation Scheduling
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35864
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  54. Evapotranspiration Estimates for Deficit Irrigated Corn
    Authors:   Walter C Bausch, Thomas J Trout, Gerald W Buchleiter
    Keywords:   Crop evapotranspiration, plant water stress, canopy temperature, infrared thermometer, soil water deficit
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35865
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  55. Deficit Irrigation of Dry Edible Beans during Early, Mid and Late Season
    Authors:   C Dean Yonts
    Keywords:   Dry bean, deficit irrigation, limited irrigation, irrigation management, Phaseolus vulgaris
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35866
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  56. Effect of Crop Residue on Soil Water Content and Yield of Deficit-Irrigated Corn and Soybean
    Authors:   Simon J van Donk, Steve R Melvin, James L Petersen, Don R Davison
    Keywords:   Water conservation, crop residue, soil water, irrigation, corn, soybean
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35867
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  57. Evaluation of yield quantity and quality of two oil crops in the promotion of sustained deficit irrigation in the Pacific Northwest, USA
    Authors:   ROMULUS OKOTH OKWANY, R TROY PETERS, KERRY L RINGER, DOUGLAS B WALSH, ROBERT G STEVENS, AN N HANG, JOAN R DAVENPORT
    Keywords:   Sustained deficit irrigation, monoterpenes, spearmint, canola, harvest index, water use efficiency, water productivity
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35868
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  58. Selective Deficit Irrigation on 10,440 Hectares of Tree Farm: A Case Study of a Successful Emergency and Drastic Irrigation Cost Saving Measure
    Authors:   Nabil Mohamed
    Keywords:   Deficit irrigation, Scientific Irrigation Management, I-SCADA, Drip irrigation, Pacific Albus, Hybrid Poplar, Fiber
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35869
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  59. Advances in Deficit Irrigation Management
    Authors:   Derrel L Martin, Raymond J Supalla, Christopher L Thompson, Brian P McMullen, Gary W Hergert, Paul A Burgener
    Keywords:   Deficit irrigation, water use efficiency, irrigation uniformity, irrigation water balance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35870
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  60. Forage Sorghum Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficients
    Authors:   Terry Howell, Steven R Evett, Karen S Copeland, Judy A Tolk
    Keywords:   Silage, Forage Quality, Weighing Lysimeters, Water Conservation, Irrigation Scheduling
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35871
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  61. Status and continuing challenges in operational remote sensing of ET
    Authors:   Richard G Allen, Jan Hendrickx, Wim Bastiaanssen, Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Ayse Irmak, Justin Huntington
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, Remote Sensing, Landsat, Satellites, Energy Balance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35872
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  62. Spatial Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration, Soil Properties, and Infiltrated Water for Scheduling Cotton Surface Irrigations
    Authors:   Douglas J Hunsaker, Andrew W French, Eduardo M Bautista, Kelly R Thorp, Peter M Waller, Patrick D Royer, Pedro Andrade-Sanchez, John Heun
    Keywords:   Vegetation index, remote sensing, irrigation scheduling, precision agriculture, apparent soil electrical conductivity
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35873
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  63. Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration over Crops Using Combined Airborne and Ground-Based Observations
    Authors:   Andrew N French, Douglas J Hunsaker, Kelly R Thorp
    Keywords:   Surface Energy Balance, Thermal Infrared, Maricopa, Arizona
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35874
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  64. Comparison of Two Remote Sensing Approaches for ET Estimation in the San Joaquin Valley
    Authors:   Thomas J Trout, Lee F Johnson, Dong Wang, Byron Clark
    Keywords:   Irrigation management, Irrigation scheduling, Remote Sensing, Surface Energy Balance, SEBAL
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35875
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  65. Downscaling Surface Temperature Image with TsHARP
    Authors:   Wonsook Ha, Prasanna H Gowda, Terry A Howell, George Paul, Jairo E Hernandez, Sukanta Basu
    Keywords:   Downscaling, Remote Sensing, Irrigation, TsHARP, LANDSAT, MODIS, Texas High Plains
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35876
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  66. Information Technology Supports Integration of Satellite Imagery with Irrigation Management in California's Central Valley
    Authors:   Lee F Johnson, Rama Nemani, Forrest Melton, Andy Michaelis, Petr Votava, Dong Wang, Tom Trout
    Keywords:   Remote sensing, Landsat, crop coefficient, evapotranspiration, TOPS
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35877
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  67. Remote Sensing ET of Alfalfa Using a Surface Aerodynamic Temperature Model
    Authors:   José Luis Chávez, Dale Straw, Luis A Garcia, Thomas W Ley, Allan A Andales, Lane H Simmons, Michael E Bartolo, Christopher M.U Neale
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, remote sensing, energy balance, aerodynamic temperature
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35878
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  68. Indirect Determination of Crop Coefficient of Bell Pepper Using Soil Moisture Sensors
    Authors:   Lincoln Zotarelli, Michael D Dukes
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, soil water content, Kc, Solanaceae
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35879
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  69. Subsurface Drip Irrigation: Status of the Technology in 2010 Freddie
    Authors:   Freddie R Lamm, James P Bordovsky, Lawrence J Schwankl, Garry L Grabow, Juan Enciso-Medina, R Troy Peters, Paul D Colaizzi, Todd P Trooien, Dana O Porter
    Keywords:   Microirrigation, subsurface drip irrigation, irrigation design, irrigation management
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35880
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  70. Drip Irrigation Can Reduce California’s Water Application by 2.4x106 ac-ft. per Year Without Yield Reduction
    Authors:   Claude J Phene
    Keywords:   Population growth, agricultural sustainability, water management, irrigation, microirrigation, subsurface drip irrigation, low pressure irrigation, water use efficiency, irrigation scheduling, soil-water balance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35881
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  71. Status of Microsprinkler System Design, Operation, and Maintenance in 2010
    Authors:   Brian J Boman, Blake L Sanden, R Troy Peters, Larry R Parsons
    Keywords:   Microirrigation, microsprinkler, orchard, design, operation, maintenance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35882
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  72. Cotton Production Response to Crop Row Offset and Orientation to SDI Laterals in the Texas High Plains
    Authors:   James P Bordovsky, Joseph T Mustian
    Keywords:   SDI, irrigation, cotton, lateral spacing, lateral orientation, drip irrigation, water use efficiency
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35883
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  73. Correlation of soil water content determination by neutron backscatter and almond tree stem water potential for microirrigation scheduling in almonds
    Authors:   Blake L Sanden, Ken A Shackel, Patrick H Brown
    Keywords:   Neutron probe, soil water content, pressure chamber, stem water potential, irrigation scheduling, regulated deficit irrigation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35884
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  74. Why Field Crop Growers Love Drip Irrigation: Alfalfa, Corn, Cotton, Onions, Potatoes and Processing Tomatoes
    Authors:   Inge Bisconer
    Keywords:   Drip Irrigation, Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI), Drip Tape, Alfalfa, Corn, Cotton, Onions, Potatoes, Processing Tomatoes, Chemigation, Fertigation, Irrigation Scheduling, Economics
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35885
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  75. Should Tennessee Tobacco Growers Invest in Irrigation, Fertigation or Plastic Mulch? (An Extension Fact-Sheet based on recent research)
    Authors:   Brian G Leib, Eric F Caldwell, Hubert J Savoy, John R Buchanan
    Keywords:   Burley tobacco, Dark fire-cured tobacco, Drip irrigation, Cost-benefit, Fertigation, Plasticulture, Nitrosamine
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35886
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  76. Drip Irrigation on the Navajo Nation
    Authors:   Edward C Martin, Duncan Mark Livingston
    Keywords:   drip irrigation, gravity irrigation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35887
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  77. Water Conservation Potential of Smart Irrigation Controllers
    Authors:   Michael D Dukes
    Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, Soil moisture sensor, Irrigation controller, Smart Water Application Technologies, Irrigation Association
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35888
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  78. Impact of Smart Technologies on Residential Water Use in North Carolina
    Authors:   Garry L Grabow, Mayank Nautiyal, Robert L Vick, Rodney L Huffman, Grady L Miller
    Keywords:   Irrigation controllers, residential irrigation, soil moisture sensors, water management, water conservation
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35889
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  79. Irrigation Using ET Controllers: A Summary of Research Performed by the University of Florida
    Authors:   Stacia L , Michael D Dukes
    Keywords:   Soil Water Balance, SWAT, Theoretical Irrigation Requirement, Turfgrass
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35890
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  80. Landscape Irrigation Scheduling Trends in California – From WUCOLS to LIMP
    Authors:   Richard L Snyder
    Keywords:   Urban irrigation, reference evapotranspiration, landscape coefficients, urban watering
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35891
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  81. Crop Coefficients for Arizona Landscape Trees
    Authors:   Edward Charles Martin, Ursula Schuch, Jay Subramani, Tilak Mahato
    Keywords:   landscape trees, crop coefficients
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35892
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  82. Climate-Based Coefficients for Scheduling Irrigations in Urban Xeriscapes
    Authors:   Daniel Smeal, Michael K O'Neill, Kevin A Lombard, Richard N Arnold
    Keywords:   landscape coefficients, xeriscape, irrigation, reference evapotranspiration, plant factors, scheduling coefficients
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35893
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  83. Efficacy of Evapotranspiration-based Landscape Irrigation in Eastern South Dakota
    Authors:   Bonny Seagraves, Todd P Trooien, Dennis P Todey, Christopher H Hay, Leo C Schleicher, Russell A Persyn
    Keywords:   Landscape irrigation, evapotranspiration, turf, irrigation controller
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35894
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  84. Audit Based Landscape Irrigation Scheduling
    Authors:   Brent Q Mecham
    Keywords:   Auditing, distribution uniformity, scheduling, run time multiplier, DULQ
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35895
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  85. Irrigation Water Use Separation from Overall Use: Evaluation of Methodology and Verification of Assumptions
    Authors:   Melissa Baum Haley, Michael D Dukes
    Keywords:   Irrigation, indoor, outdoor, seasonal, utility, water use
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35896
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  86. Are Landscapes Over-Irrigated in Central and Southwest Florida? A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Observed Data
    Authors:   Consuelo C Romero, Michael D Dukes, Hannah E O’Malley
    Keywords:   Estimated irrigation, indoor water use, impervious area, soil water balance, Kc, turfgrass, Florida
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35897
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  87. Testing Soil Moisture Sensors in Florida; Five Years of Results
    Authors:   Bernard Cardenas-Lailhacar, Michael D Dukes, Mary Shedd McCready, Melissa B Haley
    Keywords:   Soil moisture sensor, Irrigation scheduling, Automation, Irrigation water, Water use, Potable water, Turfgrass, Turf quality
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35898
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  88. Development of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria of Soils Irrigated with Reclaimed Wastewater
    Authors:   Jean E.T McLain, Clinton F Williams
    Keywords:   Water reclamation; Enterococcus; multiple antibiotic resistance
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.35899
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