Research and Extension Presentations (selected):

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2024

Interviews on the urban heat island effect and impact of heatwaves of urban greenery

Interview with NBC Bay Area

Interview with abc7

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UCR URBAN LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION VIRTUAL 2024 FIELD DAY FOR MASTER GARDENERS 

Managing Lawn Watering and Carbon Footprint

Pesticides in Urban Runoff

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Efficient Landscape Watering and Staying Cool

Learning to Program Your Smart Irrigation Controller

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Drought Tolerance Mechanisms in Xerophytes

Drought and the Tree Mortality Spiral

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Conducting a Catch Can Test ​

‘Trees for Tomorrow Start Today’ Climate-Ready Trees Update

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2022

UNIVERSITY & INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM SPRING 2022 CONFERENCE

Site-specific irrigation management projects in CA low desert region

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UCR URBAN LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION VIRTUAL 2022 FIELD DAY FOR MASTER GARDENERS 

Cooling Urban Heat Islands With Trees

Drought Tolerance and Avoidance Mechanisms in Plants

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An Introduction to Smart Irrigation Controllers

Drought, Heat and Pest Resistant Trees for Southern California

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Lessons Learned From 6 Years of Turfgrass Irrigation Research in Southern and Central California

Trade-offs Between Water Conservation and Irrigation Cooling Benefits of 14 Groundcover Species in Inland Southern California

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Soil Compaction Reduces Soil Infiltration and Increases Runoff

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2021

2nd Los Angeles Urban Soil Symposium - October 26, 2021

Water Conservation and Landscape Irrigation Management

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Irrigation Management Tools and Technologies Workshop UCCE Imperial County – March 3rd, 2021

Fundamentals of site-specific variable rate irrigation management

Challenges and opportunities to use drones for irrigation management​

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VRI-EVAL A WEB-based tool for VRI pre-adoption assessment

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2020

UCR URBAN LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION VIRTUAL 2020 FIELD DAY FOR MASTER GARDENERS 

Smart irrigation controllers

Bermudagrass irrigation using recycled water & SMS based smart controller

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Climate-Ready Landscape Trees

Landscape Tree Mulch Study

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Drought resistance, tolerance and avoidance mechanisms of ornamental plants

Climate-Ready Landscape Trees

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