• Irrigation Mobile Lab (pdf)
  Provides water management assistance to growers: Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Yolo, Colusa, Solano Counties, 2006. (1 p.)
• Fertigation with Microirrigation
  Blaine Hanson, et al., UCCE.  2006. (49 pp.)  UC ANR Pub. 21620. Link to ANR Catalog for purchase
• Biometeorology Group at UC Davis: conversions, biometerology, degree-days, evapotranspiration, frost protection, irrigation scheduling
• The Pressure Chamber, a.k.a. The Bomb
  Ken Shackel, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis. Directions for Use of the Pressure Bomb are provided in Operation of the Pressure Chamber and its application to prune is discussed in Using the Pressure Chamber in Prunes
• Weekly Soil Moisture Loss Reports for the Northern Sacramento Valley
  Allan Fulton, UCCE Tehama Co. Evapotranspiration estimates and rainfall during the current irrigation season for the following crops: olives, citrus, almonds, dried plum, walnuts
• Weighing Lysimeters Aid Study of Water Relations in Tree and Vine Crops (pdf)
  R.S. Johnson, UCCE, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis, L.E. Williams, Dept. Vituculture and Enology, UC Davis, J.E. Ayars and T.J. Trout, USDA, San Joaquin Valley Ag. Sci. Center, Parlier. in California Agriculture, 2005. (4 pp.)
• Orchard Practices for Protecting Surface Water (pdf)
  Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES) (18 pp.) file size: 9 MB

Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands Series

• Storing Runoff from Winter Rain (pdf)
  Larry Schwank, Terry Prichard and Blaine Hanson, UCCE. 2007. (3 pp.) UC ANR Pub.8211
• Understanding Your Orchard's Water Requirements (pdf)
  Larry Schwank, Terry Prichard, Blaine Hanson and Rachel Elkins, UCCE. 2007. (10 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8212
• Measuring Irrigation Flows in a Pipeline (pdf)
  Blaine Hanson, Larry Schwank and Terry Prichard, UCCE.  2007. (4 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8213
• Managing Existing Sprinkler Irrigation Systems (pdf)
  Larry Schwank, Terry Prichard and Blaine Hanson, UCCE. 2007. (4 pp.)  UC ANR Pub. 8215
• Soil Intake Rates and Application Rates in Sprinkler-Irrigated Orchards (pdf)
  Larry Schwank, Terry Prichard and Blaine Hanson, UCCE. 2007. (4 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8216

Frost Protection for Trees

• Principles of Frost Protection
  R. L. Snyder, UCCE Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources UC Davis
• When to Turn Sprinklers On and Off for Frost Protection
  R. L. Snyder, UCCE Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources UC Davis
• Sprinkler Application Rates for Freeze Protection
  R. L. Snyder, UCCE Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources UC Davis
• Predicting Temperature Trends during Freeze Nights
  R. L. Snyder, UCCE Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources UC Davis
• Passive Frost Protection of Trees and Vines (pdf)
    1992. (9 pp.) UCCE leaflet 21492e.
• Biological Frost Control Strategies Developed
  about research at UC Berkeley. in UC Delivers