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Educational resources Our ever-expanding range of educational resources will provide you and your staff with useful learning material for understanding the theory and practice of using water in an efficient and sustainable manner.
Our interactive case studies will take you through realistic scenarios of water treatment; you'll learn about the issues that need to be considered when dealing with production problems due to poor quality water and how to solve them.
Presentations View recent presentations from our workshops and webinars on how to monitor and control water quality issues .
Water quality (1) Dr Bill Argo (Blackmore Company) talks about water quality in terms of pH, alkalinity, and fertilizer salts.
(December 2010)
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Waterborne pathogens (4) Jennifer Parke Ph.D., Associate Professor from Oregon State University discussed how water management and water treatment fit into a holistic approach for managing nursery plant diseases caused by Phytophthora species.
(December 2011)
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Gary Chastagner Ph.D (Washington State University) discussed the biology of pathogens found in the water. He described how and where pathogens spread in nurseries.
(December 2011)
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Aaron Palmateer (Florida Extension Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida) provide interesting information on the effects of water on plant health, along with information on water molds and bacterial diseases.
(June 2010)
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Robert Wick (University of Massachusetts Amherst) describes issues involved with waterborne pathogens in your production system, their biology, and recommendations for their management.
(May 2010)
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Water treatment technologies (3) Al Zylstra from DRAMM Water Co. discussed the characteristics of adequate and inadequate filtration systems and provided important parameters to select filtration systems.
(January 2012)
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Sarah White (Clemson University) and Loren Oki (University of California) discuss the use of constructed wetlands and slow sand filtration systems for treating water.
(October 2010)
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Paul Fisher (University of Florida) provides information on water quality in floriculture crop production.
(June 2009)
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Monitoring (4) Paul Fisher, Ph.D. from the University of Florida discussed how to monitor different aspects of water quality using both onsite tests and laboratory analysis.
(December 2011)
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Karan Khurana (AquaPulse Systems) describes what is ORP and explains why monitoring ORP is so important when using sanitizers.
(May 2011)
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Paul Fisher (University of Florida) presents the results of greenhouse pathogen monitoring conducted at the University of New Hampshire with Cheryl Smith. We see how pathogen load varies at different points in the irrigation system, and how it can change over time.
(February 2010)
Paul Fisher (University of Florida) provides tips on deciding where to sample your water, where and how to send your samples, and how to interpret results.
(January 2010)
Regulation and resource management (2) Kati Migliaccio (Ph.D) from the University of Florida discusses water quality law and the implications in agriculture.
(November 2010)
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Presented by Dr. Tom Yeager, Ph.D. from University of Florida.
This webinar addressed irrigation system components as well as plant factors to consider for maximum use of water applied. Learn about those simple things you can do today to enhance system performance and optimize irrigation water use by the plants. Practices for water conservation in greenhouse and nursery production.
(29 Nov 2011)
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Suppliers (9) Dean Wiegers, from Hanna Instruments, interviewed Roger McGaughey from Michael's Greenhouses about his experience with chlorine and the Hanna Instruments sanitation system.
(November 2011)
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Dean Wiegers, from Hanna Instruments, described the Hanna sanitation systems for chlorine injection.
(November 2011)
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Gary Miller from PPG Industries describes how the Accu-Tab® tablets can be used as a chlorination system in irrigation. He describes how it works and its benefits.
(February 2009)
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Jeff Dembiec from ChemFresh describes how Oxcide® can be used to maintain a clean irrigation system.
(February 2009)
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Dr. Vijay Rapaka discusses the importance of surface sanitation to properly manage pesticides and describes effective sanitation process
(February 2009)
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Jay Love from Hannah Instruments discusses how constant monitoring of water quality results in a more efficient used of chlorine in irrigation
(February 2009)
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Alan Miller from Phyton Corporation discusses the benefits of using X3 (a.i. hydrogen peroxide, peroxyacetic acid, and octanic acid) as a fungicide in horticultural crops.
(February 2009)
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Lars Marohn from AquaHort describes how copper ionization systems work and its application as a water treatment.
(January 2009)
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Peter Deacon from Aqua Pulse Systems describes the benefits of using chlorine dioxide as a management strategy to control plant pathogens in irrigation.
(January 2009)
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