Desert Ag Small Grants Program

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Funded Projects | Desert Ag Solutions

Using a rigorous statistical approach, the project team will quantify changes in soil health and iceberg lettuce performance and production with and without a Sesbania cover crop. To assess effects of

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YCEDA is a public-private partnership between the University of Arizona and the desert agriculture industry with a mission to solve the pressing problems of desert agriculture crop production. Our org

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Evaluating High Bandwidth Satellite Communications for Data Intensive Agriculture

Data-driven agriculture promises to transform agriculture, but reliable and affordable data transfer from the field remains a bottleneck. Emerging sensing technologies including drone images can help

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Updated and expanded economic contribution analysis of Yuma agriculture

The updated and expanded economic contribution analysis of Yuma agriculture holds significant importance in understanding the multifaceted impact of agriculture activities on the local and regional ec

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Detection of foodborne pathogens in irrigation water using a biosensor

Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes are pathogens frequently involved in foodborne outbreaks and have been isolated from irrigation water. For conventional pathoge

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Development of an Automated Weeding Machine for Precision In-Row Weed Control

Automated/robotic weeding machines are commercially available; however, their adoption has been limited because the machines 1) provide only partial weed control and follow up hand weeding is necessar

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Tools for evaluating soil health products used in Yuma agriculture

Proper soil health is vital for productive agriculture. When soil health is ignored we quickly see salt build up, carbon depletion, mycorrhizal imbalances, erosion, and pH imbalances, which in turn re

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High-throughput phenotyping of drought-stress and Fusarium wilt in lettuce using UAV-based thermography

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) production in Arizona is one of the most valuable agricultural industries within the state as demonstrated by the fact that Arizona provides over 90% of the nation’s winter