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Calendar of participation: Dates and Deadlines

Call for Paper for publication in Acta Horticulturae^®

31 July 2015 (not extendable)

Dates:

08/06/2015 to 11/06/2015

Dates:

June 8th to June 11th, 2015

Venue:

Organize:

ISHS - IRTA

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Welcome

WELCOME

Dear Irrigation Scientists,

We would like to invite you to attend the forthcoming irrigation symposium on horticultural crops.The science of irrigation currently finds itself in a critical situation.
Questions relating to water-fed agriculture present more and more challenges as the human population continues to increase and drought affects more and more areas and with increasing frequency. Irrigation is now crucial for food production and must be carried out with less and less available water. We have therefore decided to organise the next ISHS symposium, sponsored by the Commission of Irrigation and Plant Water Relations, with the idea to discuss the different possibilities for improving the efficiency of irrigation systems, considering questions relating to both, management and plant physiology at the same time. In this meeting will make a special effort to promote the exchange of ideas, to foster interaction between scientists and to stimulate open discussion during the oral sessions.

The symposium will be held in Lleida, Spain, from June 8^th to June 11^th, 2015. It will bring together scientists who are working on the irrigation of horticultural plants to discuss the progress which has recently been made in this field and to map out the work to be done during the next decade.

To learn more about the symposium and/or to submit an abstract or register for the event, please visit our website: http://ipcongressos.com/en/symposium/irrigation-horticultural-crops

I hope to see you in Lleida in June 2015.

Best Regards

Jordi Marsal (Convener)
Water Use Efficiency Program

IRTA
Parc Científic i Tecnològic Agroalimentari de Lleida

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Committees

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Joan Girona, IRTA – Spain

Jordi Marsal, IRTA – Spain

Mercè Mata, IRTA – Spain

Xavier Vallverdú, IRTA – Spain

Dolors Rius, IRTA – Spain

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Dr Amos Naor, Golan Research Institute –ISRAEL

Dr Ian Goodwin, DEPI-Australia

Dr Diego Intrigliolo, CSIC-Spain

Dr Gabriel Selles, INIA-Chile

Prof Peter Braun, University of Geisenheim-Germany

Prof Richard Snyder, University of California, Davis-USA

Prof Elias Fereres, IAS CSIC-Spain

Dr Alon Ben-Gal, Volcani Center-Israel

Dr Essie Fallahi, University of Idaho-USA

Prof Claudio Stöckle, Washington State University-USA

Prof Manuela Zude, Leibniz Institute – Germany

Dr Kostas Chartzoulakis, Nagref Institue – Greece

Prof Samuel Ortega Farias, University of Talca -Chile

Dr Brent Clothier, Plant & Food Research - New Zealand

Dr Jose Enrique Fernandez, CSIC – Spain

Dr Juan Jose Alarcon, CSIC – Spain

Dr Ariel Dinar, University of California, Riverside – USA

Prof Theodore Hsiao, University of California, Davis-USA

Prof Kenneth Shackel, University of California, Davis-USA

Dr. Gerardo López, INRA, France

Dr Joan Girona, IRTA - Spain

Dr Jordi Marsal, IRTA - Spain

Program

GENERAL PROGRAM.pdf

SESSIONS

Session Topics

01- Evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements
02- Irrigation requirements and modeling
03- Soil and plant water stress assessment
04- Remote sensing applications to irrigation
05- Tree crops irrigation I
06- Tree crops irrigation II. Drought
07- Irrigation of herbaceous and vegetable crops
08- Salinity and irrigation in the age of desalination
09- Vineyard irrigation in relation to grape and wine quality
10- Social and geostrategic constraints to irrigation

Invited Keynotes Speakers	Institution
01-Prof. Richard Snyder 04-Prof. Elias Fereres 05-Prof. Esmaeil Fallahi 06-Dr. Ian Goodwin 07-Prof. Roadney Thompson 08-Prof. Alon Ben Gal 09-Prof. Larry Williams	Univ. California Davis – USA IAS CSIC – Spain Univ. Idaho – USA DEPI – Australia Univ. Almeria – Spain Volcani Center – Israel Univ. California Davis – USA

Poster Session Rapporteurs	Institution
01-Prof. Maria Isabel Ferreira 02-Prof. Riccardo Gucci 03-Dr. Diego Intrigliolo	Univ. Of Lisboa – Portugal Univ. Of Pisa – Italy CEBAS CSIC - Spain

Adjourn Session Rapporteur	Institution
Dr. Amos Naor	Golan Research Institute - Israel

GENERAL PROGRAM

Monday 8th, June

08:00 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 09:00	Wellcome Session
09:00 – 11:00	Technical Session 1: EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS Chairman: Dr. Joan Girona 09:00-09:30 Keynote speech: Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Requirements (Successes and Needs). Prof. Richard Snyder. *University of California, Davis – USA* 09:30-09:45 Irrigation scheduling for nursery trees based on aerial vapour pressure deficit correlated with plant water status. Mike Dixon. University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada 09:45-10:00 Calibration and validation of the Penman-Monteith Model for estimating evapotranspiration of an orange orchard in semi-arid region. Salah Er-Raki . Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco 10:00-10:15 Managing Irrigation to Reduce Runoff Volume and Nutrient Load in Container Nursery Production Systems. R. Thomas Fernandez. Michigan State University. USA 10:30-10:45 Are simple empirical crop coefficient approaches for determining pecan water use readily transferrable across a wide range of conditions?. Nicky Taylor. University of Pretoria, South Africa 10:45-11:00 Estimation of olive evapotranspiration using multispectral and thermal sensors placed aboard an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav). Samuel Ortega-Farias. Universidad de Talca, Chile
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:15	Technical Session 2: IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND MODELING Chairman: Prof. Samuel Ortega 11:30-11:45 Does the reference evapotranspiration matter? - A comparative case study based on the Geisenheim irrigation scheduling. Matthias Olberz. Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany 11:45-12:00 Comparing evapotranspiration rates estimated from atmospheric flux, soil water balance and FAO56 method of a small orange orchard in Tunisia. Rim Zitouna Chebbi. Institut National de Recherches en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts. Tunisia 12:00-12:15 Developing Web-based Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Software for Celery Production. Andre Biscaro. University of California, USA 12:15-12:30 Measurement and modelling of water use by high yielding apple orchards and orchards of different age groups in the winter rainfall areas of South Africa. Sebinasi Dzikiti. CSIR, South Africa 12:30-12:45 Water stress indicators and self-learning adjustment of calculated soil water depletion in deficit irrigation conditions: a study in vine and kiwi. Maria Isabel Ferreira. University of Lisbon, Portugal 12:45-13:00 Enhancing irrigation scheduling skills in a virtual environment with the Irrigation Expert Simulator (IES). Jaume Casadesús. IRTA, Lleida, Spain 13:00-13:15 Can crop coefficients improve the economics of irrigated crops?. Elisa Guerra. University of Bologna, Italy
13:15 – 13:30	Group Picture of the Symposium
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:30	Posters Session 1 14:30-14:45 Summary of Posters (Rapporteur: Prof.Maria Isabel Ferreira) 14:45-15:30 Poster show Topic 1 -An innovative system for estimating crop evapotranspiration coefficients of container-grown ornamental nursery stocks. Luca Incrocci. University of Pisa, Italy -A new irrigation controller to improve water use of container-grown ornamental nursery stocks. Luca Incrocci. University of Pisa, Italy -Using stable isotopes for evapotranspiration partitioning of flood-irrigated winter wheat in the Tensift AL-Haouz. Said Khabba. University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco -Evaluation of Crop Coefficients and Evapotranspiration of English Walnut. Allan Fulton. University of California Cooperative Extension, USA -Energy Balance Components and Evapotranspiration Measurement over a Superintensive Olive Orchard. Samuel Ortega-Farias. Universidad de Talca, Chile -Integrating New Technologies into the Effective Planning of Irrigation Schedules Towards Efficient Water Use and Minimum Loss. Yaseen A. Al-Mulla. College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman -Almond crop coefficients calculations including day and night-time tree water uptake and transpiration. Carlos Poblete-Echeverria. Universidad de Talca, Chile -Monitoring sap flow in citrus under full and deficit irrigation. Elías Fereres Castiel. CSIC, Cordoba and University of Cordoba, Spain -Measurement of almond evapotranspiration by lysimetry in a semiarid environment. Manuel López López. CSIC, Cordoba, Spain -Stomatal oscillations on potted olive trees. Omar García-Tejera. CSIC, Cordoba, Spain -Characterizing the spatial variability of sap flow in almond trees and its practical implications. Alvaro Lopez-Bernal. IAS - CSIC, Cordoba, Spain -TOMGRO outputs as guide factors to estimate ETR and WUE of three tomato varieties, grown in a low-tech Italian glasshouse. Antonio Raschi. Institute of Biometeorology , Italy -Grapevine Basal Crop Coefficient (Kc) Determined by Surface Renewal Method at different Phenological Periods. Daniel Sepulveda Reyes. Universidad de Talca, Chile Topic 2 -Towards a model-based irrigation in greenhouse grown butterhead lettuce. Simon Craeye. Inagro, Rumbeke-Beitem, Belgium -Combining mechanistic models of plant response to water stress and plant-based sensors in irrigation scheduling: a bet for present and future. Antonio Diaz-Espejo. IRNAS, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain -Almond (Prunus dulcis Mill.) responses to different irrigation system and strategies. Experimental setup and first year results. Joan Girona. IRTA, Lleida, Spain Topic 3 -Irrigation with controlled water stress and its effects on physiology and phenology of ‘Navelate’ orange . Cláudio Roberto Meira de Oliveira. Baiano Federal Institute , Brazil -Water availability effect on gas exchange and on phenology of ‘Cabula’ orange. Paulo Celso de Mello Farias. Baiano Federal Institute , Brazil -Plant-soil approach for irrigation scheduling of mango trees in the Sultanate of Oman. Salem A. Al Jabri. Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman -Evaluation of deep percolation in irrigated citrus orchards in the semi-arid region of Tensift AlHaouz, Morocco. Salah Er-Raki. Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco -Irrigated Hop Water Status: Soil-Plant Water Relations in cv. ‘Nugget’. Javier J Cancela. University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain -The role of soil characteristics, irrigation and soil tillage in the timber production of an alluvial terrace cherry orchard under Mediterranean conditions. Carmen Biel. IRTA Torre Marimon,Caldes de Montbui, Spain -Assessing irrigation scheduling by FAO method using soil-plant atmosphere water stress indictors on four orange varieties. Rim Zitouna Chebbi. Institut National de Recherches en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts, Tunisia -Physiological responses of four apple (Malus x domestica) rootstock genotypes (M.9, MM.111, V.1, and V.3) to soil water deficit. Derek Wright. University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, USA -Root growth of six cherry rootstocks under different soil air contents. Gabriel Selles. CEAF, Chile -Prediction of apple tree water status using near infrared spectroscopy. Philippe Monney . Agroscope, Centre de recherche, Conthey -Different options to characterize olive water status through the crown temperature for irrigation scheduling purposes. Mª del Henar Prieto Losada. Centro Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Extremadura, Spain -Controlling a subsurface drip irrigation system in a vineyard based on soil water monitoring. Johannes Balas. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna -Physiological responses of ‘Arbequina’ olive trees to summer deficit irrigation. Héctor Rodríguez Marrero. Technical University of Madrid, Spain -Seasonal soil water content distribution in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and Vitis labrusca Bailey cv. Concord vineyards under drip irrigation. Jason Stout. Washington State University, USA -Use of crop water stress index for monitoring water status in almond orchards. Mónica Espadafor. CSIC, Córdoba, Spain
15:30 – 16:30	Technical Session 3: SOIL AND PLANT WATER STRESS ASSESSMENT Chairman: Prof. Peter Braun 15:30-15:45 The fruit as a potential indicator of plant water status in apple. Brunella Morandi. University of Bologna, Italy 15:45-16:00 A plant-based index for plant water status detection and irrigation scheduling in pear cv Abbé Fetel: first results on the use of the IPL index. Pasquale Losciale. CRA-SCA, Bari, Italy 16:00-16:15 Enhanced experimental methods to determine Field Capacity, Permanent Wilting Point and Available Water. Francesc Ferrer. Labferrer, Cervera, Lleida, Spain 16:15-16:30 Stem water potential estimation in drip-irrigated peach trees. M.Carmen Ruiz Sánchez. CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00	Cont. Technical Session 3 17:00-17:15 Transpiration and water relations of almond trees (cv. Guara) under moderate water deficits. Mónica Espadafor Fernández-Amigo. IAS - CSIC, Córdoba, Spain 17:15-17:30 Usefulness of the ZIM-probe Technology for detecting Clementina and Persimmon trees water stress. Carlos Ballester. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain 17:30-17:45 Analizing the effect of environmental conditions on vineyard ecosystemic water use efficiency under semiarid field conditions. Isidro Campos. 17:45-18:00 The timing of the irrigation modifies the sensitivity to water stress of the plant water indices derived from the trunk diameter fluctuation. Alejandro Pérez Pastor. Technical University of Cartagena, Spain

Tuesday 9th, June

08:00

FIELD TRIP: THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT ROUTE
(Bus departure from the Conventions Center)

Wednesday 10 th, June

08:00 – 10:00	Technical Session 4: REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS TO IRRIGATION Chairman: Dr. Jean François Berthomieu 08:00-08:30 Keynote speech: Remote Sensing for Farm Irrigation Management. Prof. Elias Fereres. *IAS CSIC – Spain* 08:30-08:45 Optimization of irrigation schemes in ‘Conference’ pear orchards using WorldView-2 multispectral imagery. Pieter Janssens. Soil Service of Belgium 08:45-09:00 Combining hyperspectral indices and leaf thermal properties to assess vine water status in grapevines. Maria Mar Alsina. E & J Gallo Winery. Modesto CA, USA 09:00-09:15 Estimation of actual evapotranspiration of a drip-irrigated apple orchard using landsat satellite images. Daniel de la Fuente. University of Talca, Chile 09:15-09:30 REC: Crop irrigation management by multi-sensor remote sensing approach. Maria Jose Escorihuela. isardSAT, Spain 09:30-09:45 Water Stress Assessment at Tree Scale: High-Resolution Thermal UAV Imagery Acquisition and Processing. David Gómez-Candón. IRSTEA, UMR TETIS, Montpellier, France 09:45-10:00 In-field assessment of grapevine water status using a non-invasive portable NIR spectrophotometer. Javier Tardaguila. University of La Rioja, Spain
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30	Technical Session 5: TREE CROPS IRRIGATION I Chairman: Prof. Elias Fereres 10:30-11:00 Keynote speech: Water Application for Optimum Yield, Quality, and Mineral Partitioning in Apples under Different Irrigation Systems. Prof. Esmaeil Fallahi. *University of Idaho – USA* 11:00-11:15 The effect of irrigation regime on histological parameters of Japanese plum fruits (cv. Angeleno). Mª del Henar Prieto Losada. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura, Spain 11:15-11:30 Effect of Supplementary Irrigation at High Ambient Temperatures on Sunburn, Plant Physiology, Soil and Canopy Environment of ‘Granny Smith’ Apple. Giverson Mupambi. Stellenbosch University, South Africa 11:30-11:45 Fruit growth measurements - A device for scheduling irrigation in fruit tree orchards. Markus Kasnitz. Geisenheim University, Germany 11:45-12:00 Assessing the sustainability of deficit irrigation strategies on orange tree growth and yield features. Giancarlo Roccuzzo. CRA-ACM, Acireale, Italy 12:00-12:15 Deficit irrigation of almond trees did not decrease yield. Dave Monks. Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources. Australia 12:15-12:30 Precision Irrigation Management of Apple with an Apple-Specific Penman-Monteith Model. Jaume Lordan Sanahuja. NYSAES, USA
12:30 – 13:30	Posters Session 2 12:30-12:45 Summary of Posters (Rapporteur: Prof.Riccardo Gucci) 12:45-13:30 Poster show Topic 4 -A survey of the soil - plant - atmosphere system monitoring for precise sustainable irrigation. M. Carmen Ruiz Sánchez. CEBAS-CSIC, Múrcia, Spain -Online professional irrigation scheduling system for greenhouse crops. Nikolaos Katsoulas. University of Thessaly, Greece -Investigating Non-Chemical Pathogen Management with Sensor-Controlled Irrigation. Andrew G. Ristvey. University of Maryland , USA -Thermal Remote Sensing Measurements as a Tool to Monitor Evaporation/Transpiration in Vineyards. Ramón López Urrea. University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain -Deploying a Centre for Analysis of Irrigation and Agriculture (CAPRA) in the semi-arid region of Coquimbo, Chile, to define irrigation demand and evolution of cultivated area. Magali Odi. Universidad de Talca, Chile -Scheduled irrigation events suppression ruled by soil monitoring: Adaptive irrigation on frequent short irrigation events in covered horticulture in Almeria. Manuel Martínez de Arano. Pessl Instrumentss GmbH, Weiz, Austria -Orchard water status variability assessed using proximal and aerial infrared thermography. Sigfredo Fuentes. University of Melbourne, Australia -Estimation of Stem Water Potential in Olive Trees (cv. "Arbequina") Using Multispectral Indices. Luis Ahumada-Orellana. Universidad de Talca, Chile -Analysis of Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) for estimating stem water potential in grapevines. Comparison between natural reference and baseline approaches. Carlos Poblete-Echeverría. Universidad de Talca, Chile -Airborne Thermal Imagery: A tool for precision irrigation management . Joan Girona. IRTA, Lleida, Spain -UAVs for water stress assessment in a Mediterranean vineyard. Hipolito Medrano. University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Topic 5 -Regulated deficit irrigation in table olive trees during a sensitive period. Mireia Corell. Universidad de Sevilla, Spain -Response of Flame Seedless Vines to Different Levels of Irrigation Water in the Aconcagua Valley, Chile. Gabriel Selles. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Chile -Response of irrigation on post-harvest life of the avocado fruit (Persea Americana Mill) var Hass. Raul Ferreyra Espada. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Chile -Water use efficiency in peach trees: long term effects of irrigation and nitrogen application.Josep M. Villar. University of Lleida, Spain -Distribution of root system of mahaleb cherry (Prunus mahaleb L.) depending of the soil moisture treatment. Valentina Pole. Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing, Latvia -Effect of one-time olive-mill waste water application on yield and water relations of olive trees and water relations of olive trees. Ashraf Tubeileh. ICARDA, Syria -Subsurface insert irrigation is more efficient for soil moisture conservation in olive groves. Ashraf Tubeileh. ICARDA, Syria -Water productivity in fruit trees orchards under water scarcity. Mohamed Ghrab. Institut de l’Olivier, Tunisie -Influence of pre-harvest deficit irrigation in ‘Angeleno´ Japanese plum during and after postharvest storage. María José Moñino Espino. CICYTEX, Badajoz, Spain -Influence of Regulated Deficit Irrigation Strategies on growth and ripening process of “Angeleno” plums. María José Moñino Espino. CICYTEX, Badajoz, Spain -The effect of soil management on nutrient status in sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) leaves. Daina Feldmane. Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing, Latvia -Are xylem anatomical traits affected by irrigation management? A case study in olive. Carmen M. Padilla-Díaz. IRNAS, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain Topic 6 -Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Processing Tomato under Deficit Irrigation in Semi-arid Climate. Alessandro Saita. CNR-Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree UOS Catania, Italy -Characterization of ‘Valencia’ Orange Peel Maturation: Effect of Water Stress and Growth Regulators. Shamel Alam-Eldein. University of Florida, USA; University of Guelph, Canada; Tanta University, Egypt -High-throughput phenotyping of an apple core-collection for the identification of genotypes with low sensitivity to drought. Gerardo Lopez. AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier, France -The use of local promising almond varieties as an adaptation strategy against water scarcity. Pasquale Losciale. CRA-SCA, Bari, Italy -Seasonal Irrigation Volumes and Water Footprint in a Mediterranean Peach Orchard. Bartolomeo Dichio. Università degli Studi della Basilicata , Italy
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 16:30	Technical Session 6: TREE CROPS IRRIGATION II. Drought Chairman: Dr. Gerardo López 14:30-15:00 Keynote speech: Drought Water Management: An Australian Perspective. Dr. Ian Goodwin. DEPI-Australia 15:00-15:15 The effect of the timing of water deficit on yield components and oil quality of olive trees. Riccardo Gucci. University of Pisa, Italy 15:15-15:30 Scheduling regulated deficit irrigation in olive from leaf turgor related measurements. J.E. Fernández. IRNAS, CSIC. Sevilla, Spain 15:30-15:45 Deficit irrigation during oil synthesis period did not affect return bloom in olive tree (cv. Arbequina). Maria Gomez del Campo. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain 15:45: 16:00 Regulated deficit irrigation scheduling in olive trees: relationship to fruit growth, oil accumulation, and pit hardening. Houssem Memmi. Technical University of Madrid, Spain 16:00-16:15 Evapotranspiration measured in a traditional rainfed and an irrigated intensive olive orchard during a year of hydrological drought. Nuno Conceicao. Universidade de Lisboa 16:15-16:30 Does irrigation method affect both root physiology and orchard ecology?. Bartolomeo Dichio. DiCEM/SAFE - Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30	Technical Session 7: IRRIGATION OF HERBACEOUS AND VEGETABLE CROPS Chairman: Dr. José Enrique Fernández 17:00-17:30 Keynote speech: Sustainable irrigation and N management of fertigated vegetable crops. Prof. Roadney Thompson. University of Almeria – Spain 17:30-17:45 Adaptation of VegSyst model to open air vegetable crops to be used in a decision support system. C. Giménez. University of Córdoba, Spain 17:45-18:00 Altering irrigation frequency can increase water use efficiency and plant quality in pelargonium x hortorum. Richard K.A. Boyle. Lancaster University 18:00-18:15 Using Sensor Networks to Maximize Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in Strawberry Production. Bruk E. Belayneh. University of Maryland, USA 18:15-18:30 Sensitive to water stress, but poor in stress adaptation - the herbaceous perennial crop Asparagus officinalis L. challenges the irrigation management. Jana Zinkernagel. Geisenheim University, Germany
18:30 – 19:00	ISHS Group meeting
20:30	Gala Dinner *(Bus departure from the Conventions Center*)

Thursday 11 th, June

08:00 – 09:30	Technical Session 8: SALINITY AND IRRIGATION IN THE AGE OF DESALINATION Chairman: Dr. Francesc Ferrer 08:00-08:30 Keynote speech: The challenge of sustainable irrigation with water high in salts. Prof. Alon Ben Gal . Volcani Center – Israel 08:30-08:45 Impact of fertilizers on tomatoes irrigated with saline water in hot-arid field conditions. Rashid Al-Yahyai. College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 08:45-09:00 Sodium and Chloride distribution in Cabernet Sauvignon Grapevines as a Function of Rootstock and Irrigation Water Salinity. Arnon Dag. Gilat Research Center, Israel 09:00-09:15 Effect of long-term irrigation with saline reclaimed water on adult mandarin trees. Jose Francisco Maestre Valero. CEBAS-CSIC, Múrcia, Spain 09:15-09:30 Performance of persimmon trees under different rootstock materials, irrigation regimes and planting distances. Salinity tolerance, water use and yield responses. Diego Intrigliolo. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias; CSIC, Murcia, Spain
09:30 – 10:00	Technical Session: THE INVITED SESSION Chairman: Dr. Jordi Marsal Keynote speech: Direct evaporation from the soil: are we giving it the right relevance? Luca Testi. IAS, Córdoba, Spain
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30	Posters Session 3 10:30-10:45 Summary of Posters (Rapporteur: Dr. Diego Intrigliolo) 10:45-11:30 Poster show Topic 7 -A model for the determination the optimal irrigation dose considering the production function and irrigation uniformity. Joaquim Monserrat. University of Lleida, Spain -Growth Characteristics of Winter Season Water dropwort at Different Cultivation Water Levels on the Greenhouse Paddy Field. Kwon Sung Whan. Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan, Korea -The prospective unsound future: Evaluating carrots for efficient organic farming. Johannes Balas. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna -Efficient Irrigation and Fertilization Management in Strawberry and Blackberry Crops, Using Advanced Technologies. M. Torres-Vílchez. Agro-industry Technology Center ADESVA, Huelva, Spain -Recirculation in Strawberry and Blackberry Soilless Crops: Drain Water Disinfection Systems. M. Torres-Vílchez. Agro-industry Technology Center ADESVA, Huelva, Spain Topic 9 -Response of Muscat of Alexandria winegrapes to irrigation during three years in Eastern Spain. Ignacio Buesa. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain -Different irrigation regimes affect xylem ABA concentrations and physical berry quality of table grapes at harvest and during postharvest life. Alejandro Pérez Pastor. Technical University of Cartagenan, Spain -Tools for Irrigation Vineyard Management: an Approach to Farmers. Javier J Cancela. University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain -Early-summer drought stress in grapevine reduces leaf photosynthesis and impairs fruit yields. Andreas Wenter. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy -Effect of a late-summer drought on grapevine water status and berry quality. Damiano Zanotelli. Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy -Effects of timing of water deficits induction on white grapevine cv. Doña Blanca under semi-arid growing conditions of south-western Spain. David Uriarte. CICYTEX, Badajoz, Spain -Different behavior of two grapevine cultivars under similar irrigation management. Ramón López Urrea. ITAP-FUNDESCAM, Albacete, Spain -Grape and wine quality of vitis vinifera l. Cv. Nero di troia in response to moderate deficit irrigation. Luigi Tarricone. Council for Agriculture Research and Economics, Research Unit for Viticulture and Enology in berry Southern Italy, Turi, Italy -Water Stress Integral as Indicator of Quality and Yield on Grapevines (cv. Carménère) under Regulated Deficit Irrigation. Mauricio Zuñiga. Universidad de Talca, Chile Topic 10 -Water use efficiency at watershed level, a tool for water management. Carmen Biel. IRTA Torre Marimon,Caldes de Montbui, Spain
11:30 – 13:30	Technical Session 9: VINEYARD IRRIGATION IN RELATION TO GRAPE AND WINE QUALITY Chairman: Dr. Gabriel Selles 11:30-12:00 Keynote speech: Irrigation of vineyards in California: optimizing productivity and fruit quality with limited water supplies.Prof. Larry Williams. University of California, Davis – USA 12:00-12:15 Grapevines hydraulic diversity- a critical consideration for irrigation management. Uri Hochberg. Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy. 12:15-12:30 Application of skilled regulated deficient irrigation for quality red wine production. Netzer Yishai. The Shomron and Jordan rift Regional Research and Development, Israel 12:30-12:45 Effects of the Water Regime on Vine Performance and Quality of ‘Sublima Seedless’ Table Grape Covered with Plastic Films. Luigi Tarricone. Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia Agraria Research Unit for Viticulture and Enology in Southern Italy, Turi , Italy 12:45-13:00 Low cost infrared scanner for estimating grapevine water status. Sigfredo Fuentes. Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences The University of Melbourne, Australia 13:00-13:15 Vineyard trellis system orientation and inclination effects on water use efficiency and productivity of potted and field-grown grapevines. Ignacio Buesa Pueyo. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain 13:15-13:30 Evaluation of deficit irrigation strategies for Vitis labrusca Bailey cv. Concord in central Washington. Jason Stout. Washington State University, USA
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:30	Technical Session 10: SOCIAL AND GEOSTRATEGIC CONSTRAINTS TO IRRIGATION Chairman: Prof. Horst Caspari 14:45-15:00 Demonstrated Benefits of Using Sensor Networks for Automated Irrigation Control in Nursery and Greenhouse Production Systems. John Lea-Cox. University of Maryland, USA 15:00-15:15 A methodological approach for evaluation of water resources in Karla Basin in Greece. C. Kittas. Center for Research and Technology-HELLAS, Greece 15:15-15:30 How irrigation is a tool for climate adaptation and for a better link between rural and urban populations. Jean-François Berthoumieu. Association Climatologique de Moyenne-Garonne et du Sud-Ouest, France
15:30 – 16:30	Adjourn and General Remarks. Farewell Summary of all sessions (Rapporteur: Dr. Amos Naor)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The Organizing Committee invites you to submit the abstracts for oral or poster presentations on the following topics (sessions):

Evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements
Modeling water transport in SPAC in relation to irrigation management
Soil and plant water stress assessment
Remote sensing applications to irrigation
Drought management
Salinity and irrigation in the age of desalination
Vineyard irrigation in relation to grape and wine quality
Fruit tree irrigation
Irrigation herbaceous and vegetable crops
Social and Geostrategic constraints of irrigation

As the aim of the symposium is to encourage greater participation by those who attend the event, we have decided that the oral presentations will be chosen according to the following criteria:

Scientific rigour
The novelty of the concepts presented
Challenging and provocative approaches

It could be a good idea to add a few words in the abstract that explain how the authors think their presentations could help to encourage questions and participation.

Dates and Deadlines

Call for Abstracts opens	1 October 2014
Call for Abstracts closes	28 February 2015 (not extendable)
Authors notified of results	31 March 2015
Presenter registration deadline	15 April 2015
Call for Paper for publication in Acta Horticulturae^®	31 July 2015 (not extendable)

Guidelines for submission of abstracts

English is the official language of submission of abstracts

Only abstracts received through the web symposium will be accepted (no fax, no email)

Abstracts submitted must be original work (not presented in another form in other symposia)

The unique format of abstract submission is Microsoft Word, and according to the following rules:

Maximum 250 words
Font exclusively: Times New Roman
Alignment: Left
Title: boldface in 14 points tipe
Name of Authors (without titles), affiliation, address, keywords, tables....should be 12 points tipe
The text of the abstract, in a single paragraph, 12 points tipe
The document must not contain tables, graphs or figures.

Two abstract submissions are permitted however please be aware that a maximum of one oral presentation and one poster presentation will be assigned per registered delegate for successful applicants. You will be required to complete the theme, author, details etc for each abstract before submitting your next one.

At least one author will be available to present the abstract if selected for the program. The authors will immediately notify the Technical Secretariat if they are unable to present an abstract or if the presenting author is changed. Please note that each presenter can still only present one oral and one poster. The organisers reserve the right to remove a presentation from the program.

Oral Presenter Guidelines

If you are accepted to give an oral presentation at Irrig_ISHS2015, you will be allocated a total of 15 minutes (including question and answer time)

Poster Presenter Guidelines

Posters have to be printed and taken to the Symposium by participants

The poster must be written in English

The mounting facilities will be available at poster venue

Poster size should be maximum 120 cm (height) × 80 cm (width)

Poster presenters (or at least one of the authors) should be present by the poster for presentation (5 minutes) and discussion with participants during the scheduled session time

Submissions:

Abstracts2

The unique way to submit a full length manuscript is by using the following link provided in this website. Papers delivered on hand or by other ways will not be considered as submitted.

The manuscripts will be reviewed by the Editors and members of the Editorial Board. Only those papers judged suitable for publication following authors’ consideration of reviewer suggestions will appear in the corresponding volume of Acta Horticulturae

ACTA HORTICULTURAE AUTHORS GUIDE

Preparing a Paper for publication in Acta Horticulturae®

You are about to prepare an article to be presented at an ISHS Symposium. Taking into account the following instructions will make the publication of your paper in Acta Horticulturae easier. Remember that only papers presented at ISHS Symposia are published in Acta Horticulturae after being accepted, reviewed and edited by the editorial board of the Symposium/Meeting involved. This is also why you should submit your contribution directly to the Convener of the Symposium you will attend and NOT to the ISHS Secretariat. Papers should be submitted both as hard copy (printout on paper to: iP congressos - C/ Cardenal Cisneros, 28 - (Spain)) AND electronically (in this web). In the event of differences between the printout and the electronic copy, your printout will be used as reference.

Manuscripts should be as concise as possible in order to reduce to a minimum the number of pages of Acta Horticulturae. As a general rule the maximum recommended length of an invited paper is 10-12 pages and of a submitted oral paper or poster is 6-8 pages, including figures and tables.

Download a copy of this Authors Guide file here (pdf format):
http://www.ishs.org/sites/default/files/page-documents/guide.pdf

Download a copy of the Sample Article file here (pdf format):
http://www.ishs.org/sites/default/files/page-documents/sample.pdf

Submissions:

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INFORMATION

Days: June 8 – 11 , 2015

Location :

Certificates: for assistance

Participation: oral or poster presentations

Language: English

Congressman registration includes:
Accreditation, documentation, attendance at symposium. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners and entertainment events indicated in the program.

Accompanying person inscription includes:

Day 8: Lunch at the congress venue.
Day 9: Guided tour of La Seu Vella, landmark of the city. Lunch in a typical Catalan restaurant in town.
Day 10: Guided tour by the “Commercial eix”: 3 Km pedestrian shoping and historic buildings. Food in the congress. Dinner at the Raimat cavas.
Day 11: Lunch at the congress venue

Arrivals to Lleida

From Madrid: fast train (AVE): 2 hours.
From Barcelona: fast train (AVE): 1 hour.

Main menu

VIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IRRIGATION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS

Congrés

WELCOME

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

SESSIONS

14:30-15:00
Keynote speech: Drought Water Management: An Australian Perspective. Dr. Ian Goodwin. DEPI-Australia

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Oral Presenter Guidelines

Poster Presenter Guidelines

ACTA HORTICULTURAE AUTHORS GUIDE

INFORMATION

Accompanying person inscription includes:

Main menu

VIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IRRIGATION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS

Congrés

WELCOME

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

SESSIONS

14:30-15:00 Keynote speech: Drought Water Management: An Australian Perspective. Dr. Ian Goodwin. DEPI-Australia

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Oral Presenter Guidelines

Poster Presenter Guidelines

ACTA HORTICULTURAE AUTHORS GUIDE

INFORMATION

Accompanying person inscription includes:

14:30-15:00
Keynote speech: Drought Water Management: An Australian Perspective. Dr. Ian Goodwin. DEPI-Australia