Class Lectures: March 30 – April 1, 2026
Field Trips: April 2 – 3, 2026
Class lectures will be held in the UC Davis Conference Center. Field trips will be in the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast of California.
Instructors of the School are professionals with extensive experience on principles and
practical applications of microirrigation for resourceefficient crop production.
What you will learn:
- Technical aspects of water delivery systems to allow for successful adoption and management of microirrigation systems
- Soil-water movement and soil-plantwater relations with microirrigation
- Microirrigation systems design, operation, maintenance, automation, and performance evaluation
- Methods and tools for microirrigation scheduling
- Managing microirrigation for different crops (field and agronomic crops; vegetable crops; berry crops; fruit crops; nut crops; vineyards)
- Chemigation and fertigation
- Salinity management with microirrigation
Attending this school will provide:
- 3 days of practical class lectures on principles and implementation of microirrigation systems and management practices for crop production
- 2 days of field demonstration visits (one day in the San Joaquin Valley for modernized irrigation delivery systems, and fruit and nut crops; one day in the Central Coast for vineyards, vegetable crops, and berries)
Questions? Please contact:
Daniele Zaccaria – UC Davis: dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu
Mary Ann Dickinson: maryann@dickinsonassociates.com