Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, conference proceedings, and decision support tools from the AHGRI Lab.

Journal Articles

Peer-Reviewed Publications

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2025

Central Valley Decision Support Tool Helps Predict Yield and Profitability Response to Irrigation with Saline Water

Nicolas, F., Culumber, M., Shahrokhnia, H., Aldughaishib, U., Doe, J., Kisekka, I.

California Agriculture

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2025

Measurement and Modeling of Evapotranspiration for Processing Tomatoes Under Subsurface Drip Irrigation Using Eddy Covariance, pyfao56, and Particle Swarm Optimization

Peddinti, S. R., Nicolas, F., Raij-Hoffman, I., & Kisekka, I.

Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems, 3(3), 149–163

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2025

Field Evaluation of Data Assimilation of LAI and Model-Based Optimization of Irrigation Scheduling of Processing Tomatoes

Kisekka, I., Nicolas, F., & Linker, R.

Irrigation Science

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2024

Assessing the Impact of Recycled Water Reuse on Infiltration and Soil Structure

Aldughaishi, U., Grattan, S. R., Nicolas, F., Rao Peddinti, S., Bonfil, C., Ogunmokun, F., Abou Najm, M., Nocco, M., & Kisekka, I.

Geoderma, 452, 117103

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2024

Evaluating a Novel Radio Frequency-Based Soil Moisture Sensor Under Saline and Imperfect Installation

Guerra, A., Nicolas, F., Peddinti, S. R., Ogunmokun, F., & Kisekka, I.

Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems, 2(3), 119–128

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2024

Evapotranspiration Estimation Using High-Resolution Aerial Imagery and pySEBAL for Processing Tomatoes

Peddinti, S. R., Nicolas, F., Raij-Hoffman, I., & Kisekka, I.

Irrigation Science

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2023

Assessing Salinity Impacts on Crop Yield and Economic Returns in the Central Valley

Nicolas, F., Kamai, T., Ben-Gal, A., Ochoa-Brito, J., Daccache, A., Ogunmokun, F., & Kisekka, I.

Agricultural Water Management, 287, 108463

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2022

Irrigation Decision Support Systems (IDSS) for California's Water–Nutrient–Energy Nexus

Jha, G., Nicolas, F., Schmidt, R., Suvočarev, K., Diaz, D., Kisekka, I., … & Nocco, M. A.

Agronomy, 12(8), 1962

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2020

Assessing the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti Using the CSM-CERES-Rice Model

Nicolas, F., Migliaccio, K. W., Hoogenboom, G., Rathinasabapathi, B. R., & Eisenstadt, W. R.

Transactions of the ASABE, 63(5), 1385–1400

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Software & Tools

Decision Support Tools

2023

YieldProfit: Crop Yield and Profitability Response to Salinity Model

Nicolas, F., Shahrokhnia, H. & Kisekka, I.

Web-based decision support tool · UC Davis

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