Center For Irrigation Technology
Projects/Research
AI Model for Estimating Crop Water Demand: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model to
Improve Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Using Field, Plant, and Weather Data – Case
Study
PI: Dr. Fayzul Pasha Funding: IIC
Advanced Pumping Efficiency Program VI
PI: William Green Funding: PG&E
Advanced Pumping Efficiency Program VI Pump Testers
PI: William Green Funding: PG&E
Airjection Irrigation Impact on Oxidative Stress in Vegetables and on Soil Nitrogen
Cycle Gene Communities
PI: Dr. Dave Goorahoo Funding: ARI
Almond water stress and yield analysis through soil, plant and image based technologies
for sustainable Almond Production
PI: Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin Funding: ARI
An Integrated Management Model to Operate a Farm at Peak Efficiency
PI: Dr. Fayzul Pasha Funding: ARI
Automating the Pistachio Canopy Temperature Identification: A Machine Learning Approach
PI: Dr. Athanasios Aris Panagopoulos Funding: ARI
Benefits of On-farm Best Management Practices (BMP)
PI: Dr. Dave Goorahoo Funding: ARI
Cracking the black box of dormancy
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar Funding: CA Pistachio Research Board
Crop Water Requirement for Onion
PI: Dr. Florence Cassel Sharma Funding: ARI
Cutting Edge Field-Scale Technologies and Soil-Water-Plant Continuum Approach for
the Optimum Use of Agricultural Water and Energy – Pilot Study
PI: Dr. Fayzul Pasha Funding: ARI
Determination of Long Term Threshold Limit for Using Saline Water on Pistachio
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar/Dr. Gary Bañuelos Funding: ARI
Developing a Mobile Decision Support Nitrate Sampling and Monitoring System
PI: Dr. Kaomine Vang Funding: ARI
Development of CRISPR/Cas9 for Genome Editing in Navel Orangeworm
PI: Dr. Jacob Wenger Funding: ARI
Development of Low Pressure and Low Flow Water and Energy Efficient Media Filtration
System
PI: Dr. Kaomine Vang Funding: IIC
Development of Precision Variable Rate Irrigation Systems to Optimize Application
of Water and Nutrients
PI: Shawn Ashkan Funding: ARI
DNA Extraction Method from epidemiologically meaningful amounts of soil
PI: Dr. Margaret Ellis Funding: ARI
Dormancy Breaking Pistachio
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar Funding: CA Pistachio Research Board
Establish an insect genetic technologies program capable of performing knock-out and
knock-in gene transformations in the navel orangeworm (NOW)
PI: Dr. Jacob Wenger Funding: ARI
Evaluation of Exogenous Application of Gibberellic Acid
PI: Dr. Ranjit Riar Funding: ARI
Evaluation of Sorghum Tolerance
PI: Dr. Florence Cassel Sharma Funding: ARI
Faba Bean Germplasm '21
PI: Dr. Ranjit Riar Funding: UC Davis
A Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Based Evaluation of Rootstock Response to the Application
of Fertilizer of Natural Origin in Orchards and Vineyards to Promote Root Vigor for
Long Term Economic Viability
PI: Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin Funding: ARI
Identification and assessment of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum populations
in cotton fields for sustainable production in California
PI: Dr. Margaret Ellis Funding: ARI
Improving water and nitrogen use efficiency in lettuce by selecting for root characteristics
PI: Dr. John Bushoven Co-PI: Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin Funding: ARI
Interaction of Retain (Plant Growth regulator) with foliar Nitrogen application at
different rates in relation to yield and quality in Almonds
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar Funding: Val4ent USA
Irrigation and Soil Management Tools for Saline Irrigation Alfalfa
PI: Dr. Sharon Benes Funding: ARI
Long Term Saline Irrigation Strategies for Pistachios on PGI Rootstock
PI: Dr. Kaomine Vang Funding: CA Pistachio Research Board
Lysimetric determination of ET coefficients for drip-irrigated vegetables
PI: Dr. Florence Cassel Sharma Funding: ARI
Managing Deep Percolation in Drip Irrigation Systems
PI: Shawn Ashkan Funding: ARI
New Almond production systems research at CSU Fresno: High-density planting, rootstock
evaluation and pruning responses trials
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar Funding: ARI
Nile Garden Drinking Water '19 (Dept. Water Resources)
PI: Sarge Green Funding: Dept. Water Resources
The organic production of agretti in poor-quality soils with poor quality water
PI: Dr. Kaomine Vang Funding: ARI
Overcoming citrus nursery growth issues by using Smart Lighting with Different Photoperiods
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar Funding: ARI
Physiological performance and nutritional quality of forages
PI: Dr. Florence Cassel Sharma Funding: ARI
Pistachio Plant Based Irrigation Scheduling
PI: Shawn Ashkan Funding: ARI
Plan for Groundwater Management
PI: Sarge Green Funding: NIFA-Dept. Water Resources
Population Structure, gene flow, and movement of navel orangeworm (Amyelois Transitella)
in California
PI: Dr. Jacob Wenger Funding: ARI
Precision Irrigation Pistachio
PI: Shawn Ashkan Funding: CDFA
A Remote Sensing Approach to Identify Critical Areas in CA Orchards for Improving
Irrigation Water Management through Precision Agriculture Technology
PI: Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin Funding: IIC
Smart Data Utilization in the Ag Field: A Compare and Contrast Analysis
PI: Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin Funding: ARI
Strategic collaborative partnerships developing new synergies to create water productivity
innovation in agriculture and the irrigated landscape
PI: Dr. Kaomine Vang Funding: IIC
Threshold for Using Saline Water on Pistachio
PI: Dr. Gurreet Brar/Dr. Gary Bañuelos Funding: ARI
Utilizing Real Time Plant Stress Indicator to Improve Water Use Efficiency in Almonds
(ARI)
PI: Dr. Kaomine Vang Funding: ARI
Water-Smart Planning: A Satellite Imagery based Remote Sensing Approach to Evaluate
Crop Water Status in California Orchards for Future Sustainability
PI: Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin Funding: ARI
Water Use and Drought Resistance Test
PI: Tim Jacobsen Funding: USDA
ARI – Agricultural Research Institute
CDFA – California Department of Food and Agriculture
IIC – Irrigation Innovation Consortium
PG&E – Pacific Gas and Electric Company
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture