Third Annual Research Showcase

Jordan Agricultural Research Center
Tuesday, April 2, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

 

Lightning Talks

Wonderful Room (1st floor conference room)

10:00am
Dr. Paulina Freire: Revolutionizing Dairy Products: A look at Machine Learning

10:07 a.m.
Mauricio Soriano: Can Satellite Time Series Data be Predictive of Forage Yield in High Salinity Soils

10:14 a.m.
Mirella Ortigoza: Effects of Nutritional Preconditioning on the Skeletal Muscle Antioxidant Level of Patients Undergoing Major Surgeries and Subsequent Metabolic Stress Outcomes

10:21 a.m.
Dr. Laurent Dejean: A Brewing Understanding of the Cross Regulation of Apoptosis and Fuel Metabolism by Bcl-2 Family Proteins

10:28 a.m.
Dr. Luca Brillante: Precision Viticulture - an Update from the Brillante Lab

10:35 a.m.
Victoria DeLeon: Salinity Tolerance and Forage Quality Comparison for Four Varieties of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

10:42 a.m.
Dr. Aric Mine: The Life of Groundwater

10:49 a.m.
Derek Xiong: Development and Characterization of Flexible PVDF-TrFE-BaTiO3-Ti3C2 MXene-Based Composite Multi-Morphs: towards The Development of Electro-Active Biomedical-Wearable Devices

10:56 a.m.
Weston Barnett: Usefulness of Algae as a Sustainable Bioresource and Bioremediation Tool

 

Poster Presentation Lineup

Main 1st floor meeting area

Utilizing a UTV equipped with VIS/SWIR hyperspectral cameras for field mapping of grape composition. A. Abioye, E. Laroche-Pinel, B. Sams, B. Corrales, K. Vasquez, V. Cianciola, L. Brillante

Salinity Tolerance and Forage Quality Comparison for Four Varieties of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). V. DeLeon, H. Sharma, S. Lopez, S. Benes, A. Shrestha, R. Riar

Assessing within-vineyard variability in grapevine water status through Landsat 8 images in the San Joaquin Valley, CA. E. Laroche-Pinel, V. Cianciola, K. Singh, L. Brillante

Tracking biomass production and lipid accumulation of algae grown under controlled light dark cycles in nutrient rich wastewater. W. Barnett, A. Soghomonian, M. Soghomonian, A. Xiong, N. Garcia, K. Maitra

Phylogenetic and biochemical analysis of a filamentous algae locally thriving in recharging basins and its use as a potential tool for lowering nutrient load in wastewaters. A. Xiong, A. Soghomonian, M. Soghomonian, A. Mujic, K. Maitra

Factors Affecting Equine In Vitro Embryo Production in a Commercial Ovum Pickup/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (OPU/ICSI) Program: Impact of breed and maternal age. S. Saltersz, F. Iared, J.B. Siqueira, T.V. Melo, A.R. Lobo Júnior

Physiological and Metabolomic Changes in Young Citrus Trees Under Elevated CO₂ and High Temperatures: A longitudinal study in Mandarins (C. reticulata.) T. Hornburg, G. Brar, F. Hadavi, D. Goorahoo and K. Krishnan

Can Satellite Time Series Data be Predictive of Forage Yield in High Salinity Soils. M. Soriano, N. Quinn, E. Scudiero, S. Benes

Fabrication and characterization of flexible composite co-polymer solid electrolytes based on PVDF-TrFE-Ti3C2 MXene: toward utilization in solid-state Li-ion batteries. S. Banerjee, H. Bhatt, D. Xiong, P. Khane

Development of a High Protein Ice cream. D. Hidalgo, E. Dormedy, C. Licon

Progressing from laboratory research to practical implementation: Promising outcomes in utilizing hyperspectral images for detecting grapevine viruses in the field. E. Laroche-Pinel, E. Sawyer, B. Corrales, K. Singh, K. Vasquez, M. Cooper, M. Fuchs, L. Brillante

Effects of nutritional preconditioning on the skeletal muscle antioxidant level of patients undergoing major surgeries and subsequent metabolic stress outcomes. M. Ortigoza, S. Pooya, A. Fathi, and L. Herzig

Feasibility Study of Beer Production Using Acid Whey: Preliminary Results. K. Nathania, P. Freire, E. Dormedy, W. Whalen and C. Licon

Development of an Interactive Information System (IIS) to Improve Agricultural Farm Management Efficiency D. Yeasmin, G. Marino, D. Peden, and A. Salas

 

Production of Agricultural Water and Nutrients from Saline Water Sources. E. Alameda, S. Phen, A. Correa, M. Sanchez, A. Ahmed, H. Tan, M. Khalid, S. Velo, A. Toledo, J. Toscano, W. Wright, K. Longley, W. Mizuno, S. Banerjee, and  M. Waite

Investigating regulatory mechanisms associated with metabolic switches during cancer using the yeast model S. cerevisiae. A. Gibert, S. Carpenter, H. Willey, C. Gonzalez Nunez, H. Buijs, L. Dejean

Comparing surface temperatures of different broiler platform designs. B. Hernandez Tapia, M. Franco, K. J. Tarrant

Enhancing Vineyard Soil Health through Cover Crop Integration: Impact on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Enzyme Activities. P. Hatem Squiapati, H. Heng, S. Zhuang, S. Benes, L. Hal

Use of Linear Regression and Analysis of CoVariance to Build a Farm Level Regression Model for the Calibration of EMI-ECa sensor data to soil salinity. M. Singh, E. Scudiero, N. Quinn, S. Benes

Increased genetic diversity within Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum isolated from cotton in California. J. Garcia, T. Jobe, M. Ulloa, R. Hutmacher, and M. Ellis

Managing pistachio dormancy and chill accumulation: Role of PGRs and cover crops. F. Hadavi, G. Kang and G. Brar

Subsurface Groundwater Recharge Study. V. Vera

Analyses of Orchard and Vineyard Root-stock Vigor in Response to Natural Origin Fertilizer Applications Via Use of Ground Penetrating Radar. D. Yeasmin, J. Bushoven, G. Cantu and D. Peden

A quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum race 4 from plant and seed tissues. M. Urner, M. Ulloa, R. Hutmacher, and M. Ellis

Groundwater Recharge Feasibility Study. A. Cortez

Using NIR/SWIR hyperspectral camera mounted on a UAV to assess grapevine water status in a variably irrigated vineyard. K. Vasquez, E. Laroche-Pinel, G. Partida, L. Brillante

 

 

Research Affiliates and Stakeholders

Research Affiliates and Stakeholders Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) 

American Vineyard Foundation 

Bronco Wine Company 

California Cotton Alliance 

California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association California Department of Food and Agriculture California Dept. of Water Resources 

California Pistachio Research Board 

Center for Irrigation Technology 

California Water Institute 

College of Science and Mathematics 

Cotton Inc. 

E&J Gallo Winery 

F3: Farms. Food. Future. 

Institute for Food and Agriculture 

Jordan Agricultural Research Center 

Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Lyles College of Engineering 

Pacific Coast Coalition - Dairy Business Innovation Initiative Qualcomm 

United States Department of Agriculture 

United States Department of Defense 

USDA Agricultural Marketing Services 

USDA Agricultural Research Services 

USDA Crop Assistance Program 

USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems 

Viticulture and Enology Research Center