Learn about the latest water treatment and conservation research in these free webinars! Researchers from Clean WateR3 (cleanwater3.org), a federally-funded research team, are focused on helping growers Reduce, Remediate and Recycle irrigation water. The grant team is managed by Dr. Sarah White at Clemson University and includes many research collaborators across the U.S. We are presenting a series of six webinars hosted by the University of Florida IFAS Center for Public Issues Education. Webinars will be 45 minutes long at 12 noon on consecutive Tuesdays, beginning on January 24. Sign up with this registration link: http://tinyurl.com/WaterWebinars17. Webinars will be archived at cleanwater3.org.
| Presenter | Topic | Description | |
| 1 | Sarah White,
Clemson University |
Clean WateR3: Research you can use on water conservation, recycling and treatment | Take home messages from a major research project that involves 22 researchers in 9 universities. The project is helping growers to:
• Reduce water use and contaminant loading via treatment technologies and improved water management strategies. • Remediate contaminants in irrigation water (pathogen, pesticides, nutrients, and particles). • Recycle irrigation water, with new online and published information. |
| 2 | Johanna Del Castillo and Cassandra Swett,
University of Maryland |
Manage diseases caused by Phytophthora and Pythium in nurseries | Understand the biology of waterborne pathogens, in order to successfully manage root rot and other diseases. |
| 3 | Paul Fisher,
University of Florida |
How do leading growers solve water quality issues? | There is no silver bullet that treats all water quality issues. Learn from growers who are successfully managing problems such as bacteria, particles, iron, and agrichemical residues in water. |
| 4 | Alexa Lamm and Laura Warner,
University of Florida |
Reasons we do or do not use water treatments and technologies | The latest social science research results detailing why we, as an industry, care a lot about water protection or conservation but then choose not to adopt water conserving technologies or treatments. This webinar will inspire growers to think about adoption and will assist extension specialists and researchers in understanding how to develop technologies and provide instructions that will make it easier for growers to adopt. |
| 5 | Jim Owen,
Virginia Tech University |
Enhance irrigation practices through audits and monitoring | Water is central to containerized crop production. Learn about simple techniques to know and improve water application efficiency. |
| 6 | John Lea-Cox,
University of Maryland |
Sensor-controlled irrigation and pathogen management | We will illustrate how better irrigation management substantially reduces nutrient leaching and runoff, which conserves scarce freshwater resources and reduces the potential for pathogen movement from production areas. |
Contact information for the presenters
Sarah A. White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nursery Extension Specialist
Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Office: E-143 Poole Agricultural Center | Clemson, SC 29634
Laboratory: 509 Westinghouse Rd. | P.O. Box 709 | Pendleton, SC 29670
(864) 656-7433
Johanna Del Castillo-Múnera, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
Grape and Small Fruit Pathology Lab.
Dept. Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland
Plant Sciences Building, Room 2125B
College Park MD USA, 20742
Dr. Cassandra L. Swett
Assistant Professor
Grape and Small Fruit Pathology
Dept. Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland
2106 Plant Sciences Building
College Park MD, 20742
(301) 405-5586
Paul Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor and Extension Specialist,
Environmental Horticulture Dept.
University of Florida,
2550 Hull Rd., Room 2549,
PO Box 110670
Gainesville FL 32611-0670
(352) 273-4581
Dr. Alexa Lamm
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Communication,
Associate Director of Center for Public Issues Education
Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
University of Florida
121F Bryant Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 392-6545
Dr. Laura Warner
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Communication,
Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
University of Florida
117 Bryant Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 273-0202
Jim Owen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Nursery Crops
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center
1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
(757) 363-3904
Dr. John Lea-Cox
Professor, Nursery Research and Extension Specialist
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
2120, Plant Science Building | (4291 Field House Drive)
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4452
(301) 405-4323