Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/16
Outputs Target Audience:The target audience were agricultural and urban irrigators, specifically those making irrigation decisions for cotton, citrus, strawberry, and urban landscapes. We also targeted extension agents through train-the-trainer events. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided various training and professional develop to irrigation professionals and to extension faculty in both Florida and Georgia. These events have been coordinated with commodity meetings, extension professional meetings, certified crop consultant trainings, and other. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results have been disseminated to the communities of interest through media outlets, extension publications, workshops, social media, and other oultets. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
All objectives were accomplished. We developed, validated, and executed Smartphone apps for citrus, cotton, strawberry, and urban lawn to provide real-time and forecasting information. Note, we are still testing all apps in various ways including field trials.We incorporated stakeholders into the Smartphone app development process through focus group app piloting and continued review.We conducted in-service training events for county agents and specialists, conducted stakeholder training events, developed and maintained dedicated web site, and further advertised the tools through web, email, extention publications, local newsletters.We further disseminated the methodology of Smartphone science-based apps to professional audiences through publication and conference presentations and to collegiate audiences through teaching modules designed and incorporated into course programs.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, J.H. Andreis, C.D. Perry, W.M. Porter, E.M. Barnes, K.T. Morgan, C. Fraisse, K.W. Migliaccio. 2016. Development and assessment of a smartphone application for irrigation scheduling in cotton. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 127:249259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2016.06.021
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Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, M. Tucker, C. Perry, J. Andreis, C. Fraisse, K. Migliaccio. 2015 A smartphone app for precision irrigation scheduling in cotton. Precision Agriculture 2015 701-708. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-814-8_87
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Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Migliaccio, K.W, K.T. Morgan, C. Fraisse, G. Vellidis, J.H. Andreis. 2015. Performance evaluation of urban turf irrigation smartphone app. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 118:136-142.
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
Outputs Target Audience:The target audience consists of extension faculty and app users. App users include producers, irrigation managers, and landscape irrigators. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?This project has provided train-the-trianer events for professional development. During the past year, the following events occurred: Smartphone App for Scheduling Irrigation in Cotton, Reidsville, Georgia, 21 January, 2015 (19 county agents) Smartphone App for Scheduling Irrigation in Cotton, Tifton, Georgia, 22 January, 2015 (45 county agents) Irrigation Scheduling Tools, Alabama Cooperative Extension System Irrigation Workshop, Opelika, Alabama, 20 March, 2015 (20 attendees) Citrus nutrient and irrigation management workshops. May 19, 2015 Immokalee, FL 73 growers May 19, 2015 Sebring, FL 42 growers May 20, 2015 Acadia, FL 26 growers Agricultural BMPs for water quality - policy, challenges, and solutions. Irrigation apps presentation. April 29-30, 2015. Train-the-trainer, 24 agents; Gainesville, FL Spring Vegetable Field Day. Irrigation apps presentation. SWFREC, Immokalee, FL, 67 growers In-Service Training on SmartIrrigation apps and other irrigation tools. UF IFAS IST Irrigation technology: water conservation on-the-go; January 27, 2015 (Orange County, FL, 15 extension faculty/staff) Cotton Incorporated Crop Management Seminar, 12 November 2014 (140 crop consultants, cotton farmers, and county agents) Georgia Cotton Commission Field Day, Tifton, Georgia, 27 June 2014 (100 attendees) UGA Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day, Tifton, Georgia,10 September 2014 (200 attendees) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We plan to complete the extension video development for web-based trainings on app usage. We also plan to further develop the teaching component that integrates these technologies into the classroom.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
The apps have been developed and released. Modifications and updates to apps are occurring on an as needed basis. We have conducted numerous train-the-trainer and clientele training events.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Migliaccio, K.W., K.T. Morgan, G. Vellidis, L. Zotarelli, C. Fraisse, B.A. Zurweller, J.H. Andreis, J.H. Crane, and D. Rowland. 2015. Smartphone Apps for Irrigation Scheduling. Transactions of ASABE. Accepted.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, C. Perry, M. Tucker, G. Collins, J. Snider, J. Andreis, K. Migliaccio, C. Fraisse, K. Morgan, D. Rowland, E. Barnes. 2014. A smartphone app for scheduling irrigation on cotton. In S. Boyd, M. Huffman and B. Robertson (eds) Proceedings of the 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, LA, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN (paper 15551).
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
1. Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, C. Perry, P. Roberts, M. Tucker, and E. Barnes. 2015. Field evaluation of a smartphone app for scheduling irrigation in cotton. In S. Boyd, M. Huffman and B. Robertson (eds) Proceedings of the 2015 Beltwide Cotton Conference, San Antonio, TX, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN (paper 15863).
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs Target Audience: The target audience has been commodity specific - cotton, citrus, and strawberry growers and urban turf irrigators. We also targeted county extension agents during this year to help train-the-trainer. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? This project has provided numerous opportunities for county extension faculty and irrigation users to receive training. Events have been held in GA and FL. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results, thus far, have been disseminated through social media (BLOG, Twitter), news articles, extension newsletters, grower magazines, and extension events. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? During the remaining reporting period, we will continue to provide training on the apps and look for opportunities to expand their applied region. We will also work on publishing materials and presenting results to our peers. Any remaining edits that need to be performed on the apps based on user comments will be integrated.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
To date, objective one and two have been accomplished. We are currently conducting trainings (objective 3) and disseminating information. Each app has been incorporated into extension programs and publicized through social media and printed media. An in-service training was held at the Florida Extension Professionals Meeting in August to showcase apps and their application in extension programs. In addition, numerous trainings have been held in Florida and Georgia on the apps. We have received interest from others around the country and outside of the USA regarding our apps and the potential to expand them to other regions. We are pursuing these options as funding becomes available.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Migliaccio, K.W., C. Fraisse, G. Vellidis, K.T. Morgan, D. Rowland, L. Zotarelli. 2014. Smart Irrigation Apps. Envirocities. Dubai - United Arab Emirates Sustainable Smart Cities 8 (May): 11-14. Invited.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, C. Perry, M. Tucker, G. Collins, J. Snider, J. Andreis, K.W. Migliaccio, C. Fraisse, K.T. Morgan, D. Rowland, and E. Barnes. 2014. A Smartphone app for scheduling irrigation on cotton. In S. Boyd, M. Huffman and B. Robertson (eds) Proceedings of the 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, LA, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN (paper 15551).
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs Target Audience: The target audience reached during this reporting period includes home owners, commerical property irrigators, residential property irrigators, citrus growers, strawberry growers, and cotton growers in Florida and Georgia. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Professional development and training will be offered in the coming year. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Yes, the results are being disseminated to communites of interest. Each app audience is being targeted for implementation. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The next reporting period will focus on the cotton app release, additional extension outreach and publications, and inservice training.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
We have accomplished most of goal one (developed, validated, and executed apps for citrus, strawberry, and urban lawn). We are in the process of developing the cotton app. Stakeholders have been engaged in the development and testing of the apps. We have also developed and are maintaining a dedicated web site, have published extension publicatiions, and dissiminated information at conferences.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Migliaccio, K.W., J.H. Debastiani Andreis, C. Fraisse, K.T. Morgan, and G. Vellidis. 2013. Smartirrigation apps: urban turf. AE499 Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae499
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Migliaccio, KW Smartirrigation apps presentation. UF IFAS Tropical REC seminar series. September 2013
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Fraisse, C.W., J.H. Andreis, K.W. Migliaccio, K.T. Morgan, and G. Vellidis. 2012. Smartphone app for managing strawberry irrigation in Florida. 2012 Florida Ag Expo (Nov. 7); Balm, FL; oral presentation.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Andreis, J.H., C.W. Fraisse, K.W. Migliaccio, K.T. Morgan, and G. Vellidis. 2012. Mobile apps for urban and agricultural irrigation schedule support. Southeast Climate Consortium Planning Meeting Nov 13-15; Tifton GA; poster
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Andreis, J.H., C.W. Fraisse, K.W. Migliaccio, K.T. Morgan, and G. Vellidis. 2013. Mobile applications for agricultural and urban irrigation schedule support. Sustaining Economics and Natural Resources in a Changing World: Key Role of Land Grant Universities. Apr 2-3. Gainesville, FL poster
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Andreis, J.H., C.W. Fraisse, K.W. Migliaccio, K.T. Morgan, and G. Vellidis. 2012. Mobile applications for agricultural and urban irrigation schedule support. ASABE FL and GA Sections Annual Meeting and Trade Show. Jun 12-15. St. Augustine, FL. Oral presentation
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Andreis, J.H., C.W. Fraisse, K. Migliaccio, K.T. Morgan, and G. Vellidis. 2013. Mobile applications for agricultural and urban irrigation schedule support. ASABE 2013 Annual International Meeting. Jul 21-24; Kansas City, MO.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Morgan, K., K. Migliaccio, C. Fraise and G. Vellidis. 2013. Smart Irrigation: Smartphone Technology for Managing Urban and Agricultural Irrigation. 68th International Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting, Reno Nevada, July 21-24, 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Morgan, K., K. Migliaccio, C. Fraise and G. Vellidis. 2013. Smart Irrigation: Smartphone Technology for Managing Urban and Agricultural Irrigation. NIFA Special Symposium at the 68th International Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting, Reno Nevada, July 22, 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Vellidis, George, Perry, Calvin D., Weiss, Martina, Barnes, Ed, Collins, Guy D., Snider, John L. A Cotton Crop Coefficient-Based Model for Scheduling Irrigation in Georgia. Beltwide Cotton Conference. National Cotton Council, San Antonio, TX. January 8, 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Vellidis, George. Precision Placement of Water in Southern Crops, Certified Crop Advisors Agronomic 2-Day Workshop, (32 crop advisors), Valdosta, GA, 22 January.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Vellidis, George, Perry, Calvin D., Snider, John L., Collins, Guy D. Developments in Irrigation Scheduling for Cotton. Georgia Cotton Conference. Georgia Cotton Commission, Tifton, GA. January 30, 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Vellidis, George. Basics of Agricultural Irrigation: New Developments in Irrigation Scheduling. University of Georgia, Stripling Irrigation Research Park (28 county agents from southern Georgia). February 5, 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Migliaccio, Kati, Vellidis, George, Fraisse, Clyde, Morgan, Kelly. SmartIrrigation Apps. ESNA 2013 the annual international conference of the European Society for New methods in Agricultural research, 04-08 September, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs OUTPUTS: Outputs include a poster presentation at the 2012 NIFA conference entitled SmartIrrigation Apps, development of the strawberry app, developpment of the citrus app, design of the cotton and turfgrass app, and development of the project webiste (http://www.nespal.org/smartirrigation/). The results have been disseminated, thus far, through the website, word of mouth, and conference presentations. PARTICIPANTS: Not relevant to this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audiences are citrus, cotton, strawberry, and turfgrass irrigators. We are currently developing apps to be used by these parties. Involvement with the stakeholders will begin in year 2 of the project. It is expected that the apps will result in more efficient irrigation. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts We currently have no measured outcomes or impacts as the project has just begun. We will start collecting this information in year 2 when the apps start being released and evaluated.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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