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Sharon E. Benes
Email: sbenes@csufresno.edu
Phone: (559) 278-2255
Fax: (559) 278-7413
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CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Science, California State University, FresnoRESEARCH
Salinity and drainage management/ Irrigation with saline water.- Plant responses to saline irrigation (growth, evapotranspiration, and trace element uptake).
- Effects of saline irrigation on soils: management and reclamation. Use of wastewaters for irrigation
Use of wastewaters for irrigation
TEACHING
Undergraduate courses: Crop nutrition and Soils.
Graduate: Plant Nutrition, Soil & Water Relations, Graduate Seminar on contemporary agricultural issues.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
CA Chapter of the ASA—Governing Board.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Plant Physiology, University of California, Davis CA. 1995.
Dissertation: Antioxidant enzyme activity and photosynthesis in mature branches of ponderosa pine exposed to ozone and acid precipitation. Advisors: Dr. Terence M. Murphy and Dr. André Läuchli.
- Master of Science, Plant Pathology, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh. 1984. Thesis: Role of melanin in dicarboximide
fungicide resistance in Monilinia fructicola (brown rot pathogen of peach).
- Bachelor of Science, Botany, cum laude; minor in Plant
Science, Univ. New Hampshire, Durham. 1982.
Previous Research Positions
Postdoctoral Research, University of California, Davis. Oct. 95 - Nov. 97.
- Growth and evapotranspiration of the halophyte Salicornia bigelovii under
irrigation with hypersaline,
San Joaquin Valley drainage. With Dr. Steve Grattan, Dept. Land Air & Water Resources (LAWR).
- Nitrate and ammonium uptake in cultivated and wild species of tomato
exposed to chilling.
With Dr. Arnold Bloom, Dept. of Vegetable Crops.
- Selenium biochemistry in aquatic plants and algae and relationship to
phytoremediation of
Se-contaminated drainage water. With Dr. Teresa Fan, Dept.Land Air & Water Resources (LAWR).
- Postdoctoral Research, Agricultural Research Service (SIA-DGA), Zaragoza, Spain. Mar 93 - April 95
- Foliar absorption of sodium and chloride in sprinkler-irrigated cereals: With Dr. Ramon Aragüés, Dept. of Soils and Irrigation.
Fullbright Scholar, Popular Research Institute, Casale Monferrato, Italy. 1985 - 1986
- Speciation studies of Melampsora leaf rust of poplar: With Dr. Naldo
Anselmi.
PUBLICATIONS
Benes, S. (2003). Irrigation with saline water: minimizing the impact with proper management. New Ag International. March 2003: 40-47.
Robinson P.R., Grattan S.R, Getachew G, Grieve CM, Poss JA, Suarez DS, and S.E. Benes (XXXX). Biomass accumulation and potential nutritive value of some forages irrigated with saline-sodic drainage water. Animal Feed Science and Technology. Submitted November 2002.
Benes, SE, Grattan SR, Peters DW, Cervinka V, Menezes F, and Finch C. (2000). Evapotranspiration and Productivity of Halophytes and Salt Tolerant Forages Proposed for Drainage Water Re-Use Systems for California’s Westside San Joaquin Valley. Proceedings of “Irrigation Australia 2000”, 23-25 May, 2000. Irrigation Association of Australia.
Benes S.E., Peters D., and Grattan S.R. (1999). Integrated On-Farm Drainage Management: Using Plant Transpiration to Reduce Drainage Volumes. California Agricultural Technology Institute (CATI) Publication #990602. pp. 1-4.
Grattan S., Benes S.., Peters D. and Mitchell J. (1999). Potential suitability of the halophyte Salicornia bigelovii as the final crop in a drainage water reuse sequence. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Irrigation & Drainage: “Water and Agriculture in the Next Millenium”. 11-19 September, 1999. Grenada, Spain. International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID).
Benes S.E., Aragüés R., Grattan S.R. and Austin R.B. (1996). Foliar and root absorption of Na+ and Cl- in maize and barley: implications for salt tolerance screening and the use of saline sprinkler irrigation. Plant and Soil 180: 75-86.
Benes S.E., Aragüés R., Austin R.B. and Grattan S.R. (1996). Brief pre- and post-irrigation sprinkling with freshwater reduces foliar salt uptake in maize and barley sprinkler-irrigated with saline water. Plant and Soil 180: 87-95.
Benes S.E., Murphy T.M., Anderson P.D., and J.L.J. Houpis. (1995). Relationship of antioxidant enzymes to ozone tolerance in branches of mature ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) trees exposed to long-term, low concentration, ozone fumigation and acid precipitation. Physiologia Plantarum 94:124-134.
ORAL & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Benes S.E., Grattan S.R., Robinson P.H., Getachew G. and Cervinka V. (2003). Suitability of Halophytes and Other Salt Tolerant Forages for Drainage Water Re-Use Systems: Some of what we know thus far. Proceedings of the California Plant & Soil Conference. CA chapter of the American Society of Agronomy, Feb. 5-6th Modesto, CA. pg. 148-150. Poster
Benes S.E., Grattan S.R., Robinson P.H., and Cervinka V. (2002). Use of Saline Drainage Water for the Irrigation of Salt Tolerant Forages & Halophytes. Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science. International Union of Soil Science, 14-21 August. Bangkok, Thailand. Pg. 1111. Poster
Benes S.E., Grattan S.R., Goorahoo D., Sharmasarkar S, and Eroh C. (2001). Use of Saline Drainage Water for Irrigation of Salt Tolerant Forages and Halophytes. 93rd Annual Meeting of the ASA-CSA-SSSA, Charlotte, NC. Oct. 21- 24th. Oral Presentation
Yaghmour, M., Benes S., and Goorahoo D. (2001). Summer and Fall Salinity Measurements on Fields Subjected to Recycled Drainage Water. 93rd Annual Meeting of ASA-CSA-SSSA, Charlotte, NC. Oct. 21- 24th. Poster
Sharmasarkar S., Benes S., Grattan S. and D. Goorahoo (2001). Site-specific Vegetation Approach to Manage Salinity and Toxic Elements. IUSS (International Union of Soil Science) Symposium on Sustained Management of Irrigated Land for Salinity & Toxic Element Control. June 25-27, Riverside, CA.
Goorahoo D., Benes S., Sharmasarkar S., Eroh C., Yaghmour M. and Grattan S.R. (2001). Integrated On-Farm Drainage Management (IFDM): seasonal soil salinity trends. Proceedings of the IUSS (International Union of Soil Science) Symposium on Sustained Management of Irrigated Land for Salinity & Toxic Element Control. June 25-27, Riverside, CA. Poster
Benes S.E., Grattan S.R., Cervinka V., Eroh C., Sharmasarkar S. (2001). Comparisons amongst Halophytes and Salt Tolerant Forages in a Drainage Water Re-Use System: relative evapotranspiration, ion accumulation, and forage quality. Proceedings of the California Plant & Soil Conference. CA chapter of the American Society of Agronomy, Feb. 7-8, 2001, Fresno, CA. pg. 141. Poster
Fandino C., May D., Mitchell J., and Benes S.E. (2001). Use of Sudangrass and Early Soil Testing as a Means to Optimize Nitrogen Management for Processing Tomatoes. Proceedings of California Plant & Soil Conference. CA chapter of American Society of Agronomy, Feb. 7-8, 2001, Fresno, CA. pg. 141. Poster
Benes S.E., Grattan S.R., Peters D.W. (1999). Field evapotranspiration of two halophytes irrigated with hypersaline San Joaquin Valley drainage water. 91st annual meeting of the ASA-CSA-SSSA, Salt Lake City, UT. Oct. 31- Nov.4th. Oral Presentation
Grattan S.R., Benes S.E., Peters D.W. and Mitchell J.P. 1999. Potential suitability of the halophyte Salicornia bigelovii as the final crop in a drainage water reuse sequence. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Irrigation & Drainage: “Water and Agriculture in the Next Millenium”. 11-19 September, 1999. Grenada, Spain. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). Oral Presentation.
Benes S.E., Grattan S.R., Peters D.W., and Mitchell J.P. 1997. Water use and growth of Salicornia Irrigated with hypersaline drainage water and with seawater. 89th annual meeting of the ASA-CSA-SSSA, Anaheim, CA. Oct. 26-30th. Oral Presentation.
- INVITED SPEAKER
- University of California (UC) Salinity and Drainage Conference and Dept.
of Water Resources (DWR) Proposition 204 funded projects:Update. Sacramento,
CA 2002.
“Integrated On-Farm Drainage Management” Workshops. Center Irrigation Technology, CSU, Fresno and CA Dept. Water Resources.
- RESEARCH GRANTS
- 2002 CSU Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI) (PI; 3-year
award)*. $ 269,470
Proposition 204 Drainage Re-use Program (PI; 2-year award)* $ 90,030
*Suitability of halophytes and salt tolerant forages for drainage water
re-use systems and soil characterization under saline-sodic irrigation (ARI grant)
Bureau of Reclamation contract (Co-PI, 1-year initial funding) $ 45,000
Soil hydraulic properties in drainage water re-use systems
2001 CSU Faculty Mini-grant $5,000
2000 CSU Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI)
(PI: two 2-year awards) Salinity & Drainage $ 160,000
(Co-PI: one 3-year award) Selenium & Phytoremediation $ 148,000
UC Salinity Drainage grant
(Co-PI: 2-year award) Salt Tolerant Forages, sand tank studies. $ 60,000
CSU Faculty Mini-Grant $ 5,000
CSU Affirmative Action Faculty Development Grant $ 6,000
1999 CA Agricultural Technological Institute (CATI) New Researcher Award. $ 10,347
CA Agricultural Technological Institute (CATI) (Co-PI). $ 8,500
CSU Faculty Mini-grant $ 5,000
1998 USDA NRI (National Research Initiative) New Investigator Award (2-year). $ 98,000
CATI New Researcher Awards. $ 13,300
CSU Faculty Mini-grant $ 5,000
University of California Salinity & Drainage Program. (Co-PI) $ 12,284
[Research collaborators are from University of California, Davis; CA Dept. Water Resources,
USDA-ARS Salinity Lab, Riverside, CA; and USDA-ARS Water Management Lab, Parlier, CA]
- RESEARCH MENTORING (GRADUATE STUDENT THESES)
- Major professor
- 2003 Lethal Temperature-time Dosages for the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita, Stunt
- nematode Tylenchorhynchus silvaticus and non-plant parasitic nematodes. Tarcisio Ruiz.
2002 Use of Sudangrass and Early Soil Testing to Optimize Nitrogen Management for Processing- Tomatoes. Carlos Fandino.
2001 Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer Regime on Yield, Quality, and Nitrogen Utilization in Broccoli.- Andreas Loucaides.
2000 The Effect of Composted Biosolids on Fruit Quality and Trace Element Composition in Field-- Grown Apricots.
1999 Effect of a Recalcitrant Amendment on the Competitive Ability of Purple Needlegrass and Wild- Oat.
- Awards
2001 “Outstanding Research
Award”. College of Agricultural Sciences & Technology.
2002 & 01 CSU Fresno Provost’s
Fall Convocation “Outstanding Faculty Recognition: Research”.
Foreign Languages
Spanish (fluent), Italian (fluent), and French (elementary)
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