Cotton Engineering-Systems - Precision Agriculture and Irrigation

Tuesday, January 7, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Preservation Hall Studio 4 (New Orleans Marriott)
1:30 PM
Three-Year Study on Cotton Plant Height Mapping
Ruixiu Sui, USDA ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit
1:45 PM
Monitoring Cotton Root Rot Infection in Fungicide-Treated Cotton Fields Using Airborne Imagery
Chenghai Yang, USDA-ARS; Gary N. Odvody, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Rick R. Minzenmayer, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Robert L. Nichols, Cotton Incorporated; Thomas Isakeit, Texas A&M University; Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University; Carlos J. Fernandez, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Juan A. Landivar, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center
2:00 PM
Cotton Yield Response to Variable Irrigation Capacity in the Texas High Plains
James P Bordovsky, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Glen L. Ritchie, Texas Tech University; Mark Kelley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2:15 PM
Incorporating Soil Moisture Measurements with Plant Growth Monitoring
Michele L. Reba, USDA-ARS; Tina G. Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Erin J Kelly, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
2:30 PM
Field Validation of Irrigation Planning Tools in Major Row Crops in Arkansas
Austin L Lewis, Arkansas State University; Michele L. Reba, USDA-ARS; Tina G. Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Chris G Henry, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture; Earl D Vories, USDA-ARS; D. Keith Morris, Arkansas State University; Erin J Kelly, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
2:45 PM
Developing an Effective Sensor-Based Irrigation Scheduling Technique for Cotton Production in Coastal Plain Soils
Xin Qiao, Clemson University; Ahmad Khalilian, Clemson University; Jose Payero, Clemson University; Young Han, Clemson University; Charles Privette, Clemson University
3:00 PM
Using Ensemble-Based Forecasts As an Irrigation Planning Aid
Emily Christ, Georgia Institute of Technology; Peter Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Guy D. Collins, University of Georgia