Room 11A
Concurrent Session A:
The USDA-ARS ARSPivot Effort
8:00 a.m.-8:20 a.m.
ARSPIVOT, a sensor-based decision support software for variable-rate irrigation center pivot systems: Part A. Development
Manuel Andrade | University of Nevada – Reno
8:20 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
ARSPIVOT, a sensor-based decision support software for variable-rate irrigation center pivot systems: Part B. Application
Manuel Andrade | University of Nevada – Reno
8:40 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Irrigation management of potatoes using sensor feedback: Texas High Plains
Susan O'Shaughnessy | USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
9:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
A variable-rate irrigation decision support system for corn in the U.S. Eastern Coastal Plain
Kenneth Stone | USDA-ARS Coastal Plain Soil, Water, and Plant Conservation Research Unit
9:20 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
Evaluation of a decision support system for variable-rate irrigation in a humid region
Ruixiu Sui | USDA-ARS Sustainable Water Management Research Unit
9:40 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Advances in precision irrigation management of cotton
Earl Vories | USDA-ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit
Concurrent Session C:
Improving Crop Coefficients & Usage of ET Information
10:20 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
Applying the FAO-56 dual Kc method for irrigation water requirements over large areas of the western U.S.
Richard Allen | University of Idaho
10:40 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
The status of ET (evapotranspiration) networks in the United States
Guy Fipps | Texas A&M University
11:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Comparison of lysimeter-derived crop coefficients for legacy and modern drought-tolerant maize hybrids in the Texas High Plains
Gary Marek | USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
11:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
Are crop coefficients for SDI different from those for sprinkler irrigation application?
Steven Evett | USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
11:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Deficit irrigation management using canopy cover and temperature to inform crop coefficient methods
Kendall DeJonge | USDA-ARS Water Management Research Unit
Concurrent Session E:
Irrigation Strategies & Management in the Humid Region
1:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m.
A regional approach to improving soybean irrigation management in the Southeastern United States
Brian Leib | University of Tennessee – Knoxville
1:20 p.m.-1:40 p.m.
The Arkansas “Most Crop Per Drop” contest: An innovative extension method to improve irrigation water management adoption
Chris Henry | University of Arkansas
1:40 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Rainwater harvesting with solar and gravity powered irrigation for high tunnels
Brian Leib | University of Tennessee – Knoxville
2:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
Evaluation of infrared canopy temperature data in relation to soil water-based irrigation scheduling in a humid subtropical climate
Bruno Lena | Auburn University
2:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
Irrigation methods and nitrogen fertilizer application strategies for potato
Lincoln Zotarelli | University of Florida
2:40 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Development of a wireless sensor network for tracking flood irrigation management in production-sized rice fields in the Mid-South
Yin-Lin Chiu | USDA-ARS Delta Water Management Research Unit
Concurrent Session G:
Advancing Center Pivot Irrigation Technologies
3:20 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
MOPivot tool to define management zones for center pivot variable rate irrigation systems
Anh Nguyen | University of Missouri – Columbia
3:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Using variable-rate irrigation for water and energy conservation and crop productivity: A case study in Southern Alberta, Canada
Chandra Madramootoo | McGill University
4:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Center pivot control panels should vary cycle time instead of run time to set a percent setting
Troy Peters | Washington State University
4:20 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
Comparing downwind evapotranspiration suppression in LESA and MESA irrigation systems
Behnaz Molaei | Washington State University
4:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Mobile drip irrigation transforming center pivots through drip technology
Monty Teeter | Dragon-Line LLC
5:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Sprinkler irrigation system field checklist
Xin Qiao | University of Nebraska – Lincoln