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Research Project: Advancing Water Management and Conservation in Irrigated Arid Lands

Location: Water Management and Conservation Research

2017 Annual Report


Accomplishments


Review Publications
Hunsaker, D.J., Elshikha, D.E. 2017. Surface irrigation management for guayule rubber production in the US desert southwest. Agricultural Water Management. 185:43-57.
Zerihun, D., Sanchez, C.A., Subramanian, J., Badaruddin, M., Bronson, K.F. 2017. Fertigation uniformity under sprinkler irrigation: evaluation and analysis. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 6:1-13.
Bronson, K.F., White, J.W., Conley, M.M., Hunsaker, D.J., Thorp, K.R., French, A.N., Mackey, B.E., Holland, K.H. 2017. Active optical sensors in irrigated durum wheat: Nitrogen and water effects. Agronomy Journal. 109:1060-1071.
Sarah, D.C., Kuzmick, E.R., Niechayev, N., Hunsaker, D.J. 2017. Productivity and water use efficiency of Agave americana in the first field trial as bioenergy feedstock on arid lands. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 9:314-325.
Thorp, K.R., Wang, G., Bronson, K.F., Badaruddin, M., Mon, J. 2017. Hyperspectral data mining to identify relevant canopy spectral features for estimating durum wheat growth, nitrogen status, and yield. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 136:1-12.
Jacob, F., Audrey, L., Olioso, A., Weiss, M., Caillault, K., Jacquemoud, S., Nerry, F., French, A.N., Schmugge, T., Briottet, X., Lagouarde, J. 2017. Reassessment of the temperature-emissivity separation from multispectral thermal infrared data: Introducing the impact of vegetation canopy by simulating the cavity effect with the SAIL-Thermique model. Remote Sensing of Environment. 198:160-172.
Spater, M., Kim, S., Kucera, L., Fisher, J., Lee, C., French, A.N. 2017. Linking managed and natural ecosystems through evapotranspiration and NASAs upcoming ECOSTRESS mission. Earthzine. https://earthzine.org/2017/06/14/linking-managed-and-natural-ecosystems-through-evapotranspiration-and-nasa-upcoming-ecostress-mission/.
Eranki, P.L., Elshika, D., Hunsaker, D.J., Bronson, K.F., Landis, A.E. 2017. A comparative life cycle assessment of flood and drip irrigation for guayule rubber production using experimental field data. Industrial Crops and Products. 99:97-108.