Computer Management of CA Rice 95

Computer Managment of California Rice-95
Project Leader and Principal UC Investigators Richard E. Plant - Professor, Department of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis James E. Hill - Extension Agronomist, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis Joselito G. Real - Research Assistant, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis Julie Young - Staff Research Assistant, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis Linda Bernheim - Programmer/Analyst, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis John F. Williams - UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Sutter/Yuba Counties Steven C. Scardaci - UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Colusa/Glenn/Yolo Counties	In early 1994 the University of California released a sophisticated computer software program called CALEX/Rice to help growers with recordkeeping and to provide them with management guidelines. Modules were developed for variety selection, fertilization, water use, harvest date estimation, phenological stages and pest management. In order to gain a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses of this program and to learn how the program can be improved, researchers initiated a telephone survey in June 1995. They temporarily suspended it during the fall harvest period and were set to resume the survey in December 1995. Preliminary findings indicate that growers found the most useful components of the program to be on phenology, fertilizer application, recordkeeping and variety selection. At the time of the survey, 140 growers, consultants or other industry-affiliated individuals were registered CALEX/Rice users. But researchers have made it easier than ever to access information from the herbicide portion of CALEX/Rice - registered or not. They've developed a 'home page' on the World Wide Web that allows virtually anyone with a computer, modem and 'browser' software to access detailed information about rice weeds and how to deal with them. The Web site is linked to the University's Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project Web site. The 'Web address' is http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/RICE/index.html.

Computer Managment of
California Rice-95

Project Leader and Principal UC Investigators

Richard E. Plant - Professor, Department of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis

James E. Hill - Extension Agronomist, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis

Joselito G. Real - Research Assistant, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis

Julie Young - Staff Research Assistant, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis

Linda Bernheim - Programmer/Analyst, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis

John F. Williams - UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Sutter/Yuba Counties

Steven C. Scardaci - UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Colusa/Glenn/Yolo Counties

In early 1994 the University of California released a sophisticated computer software program called CALEX/Rice to help growers with recordkeeping and to provide them with management guidelines. Modules were developed for variety selection, fertilization, water use, harvest date estimation, phenological stages and pest management.

In order to gain a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses of this program and to learn how the program can be improved, researchers initiated a telephone survey in June 1995. They temporarily suspended it during the fall harvest period and were set to resume the survey in December 1995. Preliminary findings indicate that growers found the most useful components of the program to be on phenology, fertilizer application, recordkeeping and variety selection.

At the time of the survey, 140 growers, consultants or other industry-affiliated individuals were registered CALEX/Rice users. But researchers have made it easier than ever to access information from the herbicide portion of CALEX/Rice - registered or not. They've developed a 'home page' on the World Wide Web that allows virtually anyone with a computer, modem and 'browser' software to access detailed information about rice weeds and how to deal with them. The Web site is linked to the University's Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project Web site. The 'Web address' is http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/RICE/index.html.

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