UC Nursery and Floriculture Alliance

Loren Oki, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Darren Haver, SCREC & UCCE Orange County

Session I

Analyzing Production Systems and Marketing Environmental Features of Landscape Plants

Moderator: Darren Haver

Understanding water footprint of nursery production

Analyzing nursery production systems for environmental impact potential and cost
 

Defining and marketing ecosystem services provided by landscape plants

Josh Knight, Ext Associate Dept. of Horticulture. Univ Kentucky

Dewayne Ingram, Professor, Dept. of Horticulture. Univ Kentucky

Dewayne Ingram, Professor, Dept. of Horticulture. Univ Kentucky

Session II 

Marketing Environmental Features and Decision Management 

Moderator: Loren Oki 

Marketing water use to consumers

How growers make decisions

Container CRF management

Bridget Behe, Professor, Dept of Horticulture. Michigan State Univ

Alexa Lamm, Center for Pub Issues Education, Univ Florida
 

Jim Owen, Virginia Ag Res & Ext Center, Hampton Roads. Virginia Tech

Session III 

Irrigation and Nutrient Management

Moderator: Sarah White

Irrigation management using soil moisture sensors

 

Where do nutrients go when you irrigate? Managing irrigation to enhance nutrient retention in container production

 

Nitrogen management plans

John Lea-Cox, Professor, Dept of Plant Sciences & Landscape Architecture.Univ Maryland

 

Tom Fernandez, Professor, Dept of Horticulture. Michigan State Univ
 

Bruno Pitton, Staff Research Assoc. Dept of Plant Sciences. Univ California Davis

Session IV 

Managing and Using Recycled Water

Adding tools in the water management toolbox

 

Impacts of recycled water on plant growth

Managing biofilms and clogging

John Majzstrik, Plant Env Sciences Dept. Clemson Univ
 

Bert Cregg, Dept of Horticulture. Michigan State Univ

Paul Fisher, Env Horticulture. Univ Florida

  Session V 

Treating Captured Runoff For Reuse and Economics of Recycling Water

Biological treatment of runoff

Slow sand filters remove pathogens from captured runoff

Water recycling economics case study

Sarah White, Plant and Env Sciences Dept. Clemson Univ

Loren Oki, CE Specilist, Dept of Plant Sciences. Univ California, Davis

Darren Haver, Director and Advisor S Coast Res & Ext Center and UCCE Orange County. Univ California ANR

Sponsors

Adjourn