Below are PDF versions of PowerPoint presentations given by Richard Smith at various meetings on vegetable crop fertilization, cultural practices, organic production, water quality concerns and weed management.
Organic Production
- Cover Crop Contribution to Nitrogen Fertility - January 15, 2009
- Organic Soil Fertility Principles and New Recearch - December 5, 2008
- Organic Weed Control in Vegetable Production Systems - January 21, 2005
- Cover Crops as a Soil Management Practice to Improve Nutrition for Organic Vegetable Production - January 21, 2005
- The Many Roles of Cover Crops in Organic Crop Production - January 18, 2005
Go to http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/Organic/courses.htm for access to all presentations at the Organic Vegetable Production Short Course.
Water Quality
- Impacts of Cover Crops on Water Quality - January, 2007
- El Manejo de Nutrientes Para la Producción de Hortalizas - November 9, 2005
Weed Management
- Nutsedge Control in Onions - January 13, 2009
- Weed Control Update: Carrots, Lettuce and Onions - October 28, 2008
- Low Tech Cultivation for removing Weeds from Seedline - October 28th, 2008
- Weed Identification March 13, 2008
- Onion Weed Control - February 11, 2008
- Organic Weed Control Strategies - January 24, 2008
- Lettuce Weed Control Studies December 7, 2007
- Use of Transplants & Impact of Weed Control December 6, 2007
- Onion Weed Control Weed School Nov. 7, 2007
- Goal Soil Residue and Carryover Weed School Nov. 7, 2007
- Vineyard Weed Communities Nov. 2, 2007
- Yellow Nutsedge control and biology Oct. 3, 2007
- Spinach Weed Talk Sept. 24, 2007
- Celery Weed Control September 20, 2007
- Pepper Weed Control Studies March 20, 2007
- Selective Use of Organic Herbicides - January, 2007
- Weed Control Strategies on 80-inch Beds Weed School Talk October 31, 2006
- Liverwort Control in Nurseries - October 7, 2005
Cover Crops as a Rotational Crop for Vegetable Crop Production
- Multiple Uses of Cover Crops for Organic Production - January, 2007
- Mustard Covercrop Talk Biofumigation Conference - June 27, 2006
- Mustard Cover Crops Talk Lettuce Board - October 10, 2006
Soil and Crop Fertility Management
- Soil & Fertilizer Management, May 3, 2008
- El Manejo de nutrientes para la Produccion de Hortalizas February 12, 2007
- Nitrogen Fertility Management for Organic Vegetable Production - January, 2007
- Basics of Nutrient Management - December, 2006 Spanish
- Nutrient Management in Vegetable Production Water Quality Short Course -November 2, 2006
- Vineyard Floor Microbiology, Soil Nutrition ASEV June 29, 2006
- El manejo de nitrogeno para la produccion de hortalizas - November 9, 2005
- Phosphorus Fertilization - February 23, 2005, Spanish
- Phophorus Fertilization - February 21, 2005 English
Gardening
- 2009 Green Gardener Series Abiotic Plant Disorders September, 2009
- 2009 Green Gardener Series Soil Fertility September, 2009
Vegetable Crop Production