Center For Irrigation Technology
Current Research
- (With Dr. John Bushoven as a Co-PI) Climate Smart Irrigation for Drought, Fertility and Structural Resilience in Nut Systems - Funding NRCS-CIG (subaward from UC Davis)
- Development of an Interactive Information System (IIS) to Improve Agricultural Farm Management Efficiency - Funding Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation Initiative (or F3)
- (With Dr. John Bushoven as a Co-PI) Almond Alfalfa Intercropping in Young Orchards for Profitability & Sustainability - Funding CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant (Subaward from USDA ARS Parlier)
- (With Dr. John Bushoven as a Co-PI) Developing Drought Resilient Irrigation Practices in Nut Crop System for Climate Adaptation - Funding ARI
- (With Dr. John Bushoven as a Co-PI) Comparing Benefits of Different Cover Crops in Young Almond Orchards for Optimum Resource Use and Sustainability - Funding ARI
- Evaluate the Influence of GLOGENS® Micro Carbon Fertilizer (MCF) on Vegetable Crop Production - Funding Global Energy Generation Corporation
- A Pilot Study on the Effects of Aboveground Manipulation of Light and Microclimate by Opti-Harvest Devices on Root System Development in Agricultural Crops by GPR - Funding OptiHarvest
- Improving Water & Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Lettuce by Selecting for Root Characteristics - Funding ARI
- 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 - Funding ARI
- Almond water stress and yield analysis through soil, plant and image based technologies for sustainable Almond Production - Funding ARI
- A Remote Sensing Approach to Identify Critical Areas in CA Orchards for Improving Irrigation Water Management through Precision Agriculture Technology - Funding IIC
- Smart Data Utilization in the Ag Field: A Compare and Contrast Analysis - Funding ARI
- Water-Smart Planning: A Satellite Imagery based Remote Sensing Approach to Evaluate Crop Water Status in California Orchards for Future Sustainability - Funding ARI
- Cracking the black box of dormancy - Funding CA Pistachio Research Board
- Determination of Long Term Threshold Limit for Using Saline Water on Pistachio - Funding ARI
- Dormancy Breaking Pistachio - Funding CA Pistachio Research Board
- Interaction of Retain (Plant Growth regulator) with foliar Nitrogen application at different rates in relation to yield and quality in Almonds - Funding Val4ent USA
- New Almond production systems research at CSU Fresno: High-density planting, rootstock evaluation and pruning responses trials - Funding ARI
- Overcoming citrus nursery growth issues by using Smart Lighting with Different Photoperiods - Funding ARI
- Threshold for Using Saline Water on Pistachio - Funding ARI
- Crop Water Requirement for Onion - Funding ARI
- Evaluation of Sorghum Tolerance - Funding ARI
- Lysimetric determination of ET coefficients for drip-irrigated vegetables - Funding ARI
- Physiological performance and nutritional quality of forages - Funding ARI
- Development of Precision Variable Rate Irrigation Systems to Optimize Application of Water and Nutrients - Funding ARI
- Managing Deep Percolation in Drip Irrigation Systems - Funding ARI
- Pistachio Plant Based Irrigation Scheduling - Funding ARI
- Precision Irrigation Pistachio - Funding CDFA
- 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 - Funding IIC
- An Integrated Management Model to Operate a Farm at Peak Efficiency- Funding ARI
- Cutting Edge Field-Scale Technologies and Soil-Water-Plant Continuum Approach for the Optimum Use of Agricultural Water and Energy – Pilot Study - Funding ARI
- Airjection Irrigation Impact on Oxidative Stress in Vegetables and on Soil Nitrogen Cycle Gene Communities - Funding IRA
- Benefits of On-farm Best Management Practices (BMP) - Funding IRA
- (With Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin as a Co-PI) Improving water and nitrogen use efficiency in lettuce by selecting for root characteristics - Funding ARI
- (With Dr. Dilruba Yeasmin as a Co-PI) Assessing underground-mediated invasion of Alkaliweed in California's tree nut orchards for finding a viable pest management strategy – Funding ARI
- DNA Extraction Method from epidemiologically meaningful amounts of soil: Funding ARI
- Identification and assessment of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum populations in cotton fields for sustainable production in California’: Funding ARI
Dr. Athanasios Aris Panagopoulos (Thanos)
- Automating the Pistachio Canopy Temperature Identification: A Machine Learning Approach - Funding ARI
- Evaluation of Exogenous Application of Gibberellic Acid: Funding ARI
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