Water Use Efficiency Symposium
Learn from and interact with experts from across North America, Europe and Australia about increased water use efficiency, recent advances in grapevine water relations, irrigation technology, and water policy and politics. Speakers will address approaches to manage limited water and salinity, including use of reclaimed water. Grapevine responses to drought will be discussed as well as opportunities to improve water use efficiency through plant breeding, soil and vine monitoring, and irrigation scheduling. The session will conclude with a panel discussion focused on the increasingly important topic of water policy.
Symposium Organizing Committee:
Ed Hellman (Chair), Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Alan Lakso, Cornell University, New York
Andrew McElrone, University of California, Davis
Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis
Program:
| 8:00 am – 8:05 am | Welcome Jim Kennedy, CSU Fresno, ASEV President |
| Water Resources | |
|---|---|
| 8:05 am – 8:45 am | Salinity Management in Vineyards Donald Suarez, United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service Salinity Lab, Riverside, California |
| 8:45 am – 9:25 am | Use of Reclaimed Water for Vineyard Irrigation Michael McCarthy, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Australia |
| 9:25 am – 10:05 am | Vineyard Management with Limited Water Mark Battany, University of California Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo |
| 10:05 am – 10:25 am | Break |
| Recent Advances in Understanding Grapevine Water Relations | |
| 10:25 am – 11:05 am | Drought and Salinity Tolerance in Rootstocks Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis |
| 11:05 am – 11:45 am | Improving Water Use Efficiency in Grapevines: Agronomic and Genetic Opportunities Hipolito Medrano, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain |
| 11:45 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm | Role of Xylem Structure and Function in Water Relations Andrew McElrone, University of California, Davis |
| Irrigation Scheduling and Water Use Efficiency | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:20 pm | A Microtensiometer for Continuous Monitoring of Soil and Plant Water Potentials Alan Lakso, Cornell University, New York Vinay Pagay, Oregon State University, Corvallis |
| 2:20 pm – 3:00 pm | Irrigation Scheduling in Eastern North America Andy Reynolds, Brock University, Canada |
| 3:00 pm – 3:20 pm | Break |
| 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm | Learning from Research and Adapting Technology Towards Efficient Vineyard Water Management Mark Greenspan, Advanced Viticulture, California |
| Panel Discussion: Water Policy and Politics | |
| 4:00 pm – 5:20 pm |
Declining resources and competing demands for water are increasing political and regulatory issues that significantly impact grape and wine production. Where are we now and what lies ahead? |
| Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Texas | |
| Jason Peltier, Westlands Water District, California | |
| Kurt Schwabe, University of California, Riverside | |
| Michael Schwisow, Schwisow & Associates, Washington | |
| 5:20 pm – 5:30 pm | Closing Comments |
