Use of iGUESS-MED DSS for the irrigation and fertilisation recommendations for greenhouse tomato crops. Anecoop farm, Almería, Spain, 17/05/2023
The University of Almeria (UAL), in collaboration with the Group Cajamar Foundation, organised a training course to show the use of the DSS iGUESS-MED for irrigation and fertilisation recommendations in greenhouse tomato crops. The event was aimed at the students of the Escuela Agraria Vícar, the largest agricultural vocational training centre in Almería, with a total participation of 51 attendees. After visiting the pilot farm where iGUESS-MED DSS was tested, the students attended a training course on the use of the iGUESS-MED DSS as a tool to recommend irrigation and fertigation of a greenhouse tomato crop. The training course was run by Dra. María Dolores Fernández (CAJAMAR) and Prof. Marisa Gallardo (UAL). María Dolores Fernández talked about irrigation management with the iGUESS-MED DSS whereas Marisa Gallardo’s talk focused on management of fertigation nutrient solution concentration by using the iGUESS-MED DSS.
She is at researcher of the Agri-Sustainability department of Cajamar Foundation, where she has worked since 1997. She has a PhD in Agronomy from the University of Almería. She has experience in measuring and modelling the greenhouse crop evapotranspiration, incorporating this work into a practical DSS (PrHo) to irrigation scheduling for greenhouse crops. She has worked in different national and European research projects related with irrigation and N management for greenhouse-grown vegetable crops.
Dr. Mª Dolores Fernández Fernández (CAJAMAR)
Demostración de uso del VegSyst-DSS
She is a full professor at the Department of Agronomy, University of Almeria in Almeria, Spain. Her current teaching activities focus on irrigation scheduling in greenhouse vegetable crops and crop modeling with applications for water and nitrogen management, with the majority of her teaching conducted at the Master's level. Her research activities are primarily centered on crop modeling and the optimization of water and nitrogen management in vegetable crops cultivated in Mediterranean greenhouses.
Prof. Marisa Gallardo (UAL)