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Research and Extension Presentations (selected):


2024
Interviews on the urban heat island effect and impact of heatwaves of urban greenery
Interview with NBC Bay Area
Interview with abc7

UCR URBAN LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION AND WATER CONSERVATION VIRTUAL 2024 FIELD DAY FOR MASTER GARDENERS 
Managing Lawn Watering and Carbon Footprint
Pesticides in Urban Runoff

Efficient Landscape Watering and Staying Cool
Learning to Program Your Smart Irrigation Controller

Drought Tolerance Mechanisms in Xerophytes
Drought and the Tree Mortality Spiral

Conducting a Catch Can Test ​
‘Trees for Tomorrow Start Today’ Climate-Ready Trees Update

2022
UNIVERSITY & INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM SPRING 2022 CONFERENCE
Site-specific irrigation management projects in CA low desert region

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

An Introduction to Smart Irrigation Controllers
Drought, Heat and Pest Resistant Trees for Southern California

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

Soil Compaction Reduces Soil Infiltration and Increases Runoff

2021
2nd Los Angeles Urban Soil Symposium - October 26, 2021
Water Conservation and Landscape Irrigation Management

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​

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

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

Climate-Ready Landscape Trees
Landscape Tree Mulch Study

Drought resistance, tolerance and avoidance mechanisms of ornamental plants
Climate-Ready Landscape Trees

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