DR. SAMUEL ORTEGA-FARIAS

   

Profesor Titular
PhD, Universidad de Oregon, EEUU
Magíster en Ingeniería en Riego, Universidad de Oregon, EEUU
In. Agrónomo, Universidad Católica de Chile
Teléfono: 71 2200426
e-mail: sortega@utalca.cl

       
  Linea de Investigación
 

Soy director del Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Riego y Agroclimatología (CITRA) de la Universidad de Talca, donde realiza actividades de docencia e investigación en las áreas de la gestión sustentable de los recursos hídrico, modelamiento bio-matemático, agroclimatología y percepción remota. Para adaptar la agricultura a futuros escenarios de sequía y cambio climático implementamos un Sistema Integral para la Gestión Hídrica (SIGESH), cuyo objetivo es optimizar el uso de agua y energía en frutales, viñas y cultivos.  En estos sistemas agrícolas, los impactos de SIGESH se han traducido en ahorros de agua y energía entre un 30 y 60%.

       
  Publicaciones (últimos cinco años) / Researchgate
 

Nunes, H.G.G.C, Farias, V.D.S., Sousa, D.P., Costa, D.L.P., Pinto, J.V.N., Moura, V.B., Teixeira, E.O., Lima, M.J.A., Ortega-Farias, S., Souza, P.J.O.P. 2021 Parameterization of the AquaCrop model for cowpea and assessing the impact of sowing dates normally used on yield. Agricultural Water Management 252, 106880.

Ortega-Farias, S., Espinoza-Meza, S., Lopez-Olivari, R., Araya-Alman, M., Carrasco-Benavides, M. 2021. Effects of different irrigation levels on plant water status, yield, fruit quality, and water productivity in a drip-irrigated blueberry orchard under Mediterranean conditions. Agricultural Water Managmente 249, DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106805

Riveros-Burgos, C., Ortega-Farias, S., Morales-Salinas, L., Fuentes-Penailillo, F.2021. Assessment of the clumped model to estimate olive orchard evapotranspiration using meteorological data and UAV-based thermal infrared imagery. Irrigation Science 39, 1, DOI: 10.1007/s00271-020-00716-w

Ortega-Farias, S., Intrigliolo, DS. 2021. Special issue: multiscale technologies for irrigation management. Irrigation Science 39, 1 DOI: 10.1007/s00271-020-00717-9

Ortega-Farias, S., Villalobos-soublett, E., Riveros-Burgos, C., Zúñiga, M., Ahumada-Orellana, L. 2020. Effect of irrigation cut-off strategies on yield, water productivity and gas exchange in a drip-irrigated hazelnut (Corylus avellana L. cv. Tonda di Giffoni) orchard under semiarid conditions. Agricultural Water Management (IF: 4,021)

Sousa, DD., Fernandes, TFS, Tavares, LB., Farias, VDD., de Lima, MJA., Nunes, HGGC., Costa, DLP., Ortega-Farias, S., Souza, PJDP .2021. Estimation of evapotranspiration and single and dual crop coefficients of acai palm in the Eastern Amazon (Brazil) using the Bowen ratio system. Irrigation Science 39, 1, DOI: 10.1007/s00271-020-00710-2

Cañete-Salinas, P., Zamudio, F., Yáñez, M., Gajardo, J., Valdés, H., Espinosa, C., Venegas, J., Retamal, L., Ortega-Farias, S. and Acevedo-Opazo, C. 2020. Evaluation of models to determine LAI on poplarstands using spectralindices from Sentinel-2satellite images. Ecological Modelling 428,109058 (IF: 2,497)

Carrasco-Benavides, M., Antunez-Quilobrán, J., Baffico-Hernández, A., Ávila-Sánchez, C., Ortega-Farías, S., Espinoza. S., Gajardo, J., Mora, M.,and Fuentes, S. 2020. Performance Assessment of Thermal Infrared Cameras of Different Resolutions to Estimate Tree Water Status from Two Cherry Cultivars: An Alternative to Midday Stem Water Potential and Stomatal Conductance. Sensors20(12),3596, 1-17 (IF: 3,275)

Carrasco-Benavides, M., Meza, SE., Olguin-Caceres, J., Munoz-Concha, D., von Bennewitz, E., Avila-Sanchez, C., Ortega-Farias, S. 2020. Effects of regulated post-harvest irrigation strategies on yield, fruit quality and water productivity in a drip-irrigated cherry orchard. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 48(2), 97-116 (IF: 0,848)

da Silva Farias, V., Pires Costa, D., de Novoa Pinto, J., de Oliveira Ponte de Souza, P., de Souza, E., and Ortega-Farias, S. 2020. Calibration of reference evapotranspiration models in Pará. Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy 42, e42475 (IF: 0,980)

Ahumada-Orellana, L., Ortega-Farias, S., Poblete-Echeverría, C. and Searles, PS. 2019. Estimation of stomatal conductance and stem water potential threshold values for water stress in olive trees (cv. Arbequina). Irrigation Science 37(4), 461-467 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-019-00623-9. (IF: 3,014)

Ortega-Farias, S. and Riveros-Burgos, C.  2019.  Modeling phenology 1 of four grapevine cultivars (Vitis vinifera L.) in Mediterranean climate conditions.  Scientia Horticulturae, 250:38-44.

Ahumada‑Orellana, L., OrtegaFarías, S., Poblete‑Echeverría, C. and Searles, PS.  2019.  Estimation of stomatal conductance and stem water potential threshold values for water stress in olive trees (cv. Arbequina). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-019-00623-9.

del Pozo, A., Brunel-Saldias, N., Engler, A., Ortega-Farias, S., Acevedo-Opazo, C. Lobos, GA., Jara-Rojas, R., and Molina-Montenegro, M.  2019.  Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies of Agriculture in Mediterranean-Climate Regions (MCRs).  Sustainability, 11, 2769; doi:10.3390/su11102769.

Riveros-Burgos, C., Ortega-Farias, S., López-Olivari, R., and Chávez, JL.  2019.   Parameterization of a clumped model to directly simulate actual evapotranspiration over a superintensive drip-irrigated olive orchard.  Journal of Hydrometeorology.  https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0135.1

Kustas, WP.,  Agam, N. and Ortega-Farias, S.  2019.  Forward to the GRAPEX special issue.  Irrigation Science, 37:221–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-019-00633-7

Poblete, T., Ortega-Farías, S.* and Ryu, D.  2018.  Automatic Coregistration Algorithm to Remove Canopy Shaded Pixels in UAV-Borne Thermal Images to Improve the Estimation of Crop Water Stress Index of a Drip-Irrigated Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard.  Sensors 18: 397; doi:10.3390/s18020397.

Ahumada-Orellana1, L., Ortega-Farías. S*., and Searles, P.  2018. Olive oil quality response to irrigation cut-off strategies in a super-high density orchard. Agric. Water Man., 102: 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.02.008.

Fuentes-Peñailillo, F., Ortega-Farías, S., Acevedo-Opazo, C., and Fonseca-Luengo, D.  2018.  Implementation of a Two-Source Model for Estimating the Spatial Variability of Olive Evapotranspiration Using Satellite Images and Ground-Based Climate Data. Water, 10: 339.  doi:10.3390/w10030339.

Zúñigaª,M., Ortega-Faríasª,S., Fuentes, S., Riveros-Burgos, C., and  Poblete-Echeverría, P.  2018.  Effects of three irrigation strategies on gas exchange relationships, plant water status, Yield components and Water Productivity on Grafted Carménère Grapevines.  Front. Plant Sci., 9: 992. 12 July 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00992.

Jara-Rojas, J., Engler, A., Adasme-Berríos, C., Carrasco-Benavides, C., Ortega-Farias, S., and Mediavilla, W.  2018. Adoption of irrigation scheduling: Role of extension and training en Central Chile.  Environmental Engineering & Management Journal (EEMJ), 17: 2873-2880.

Riveros-Burgos, C., Ortega-Farías, S. and Ahumada-Orellana, L.  2018.  Assessment of olive transpiration derived from a remote sensing energy balance model compared with sap flow measurements. Acta Hortic. 1222. ISHS 2018. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1222.25

F. Fuentes-Peñailillo, S. Ortega-Farías, M. Rivera, M. Bardeen and M. Moreno.  2018.  Comparison of vegetation indices acquired from RGB and Multispectral sensors placed on UAV. ICA-ACCA:1-6, October 17-19, 2018, Greater Concepción, Chile. 978-1-5386-5586-3/18/$31.00, IEEE

Fuentes-Peñailillo, F., Ortega-Farías, S., Rivera, M., Bardeen, M. and Moreno, M.  2018.  Using clustering algorithms to segment UAVbased RGB images.  978-1-5386-5586-3/18, IEEE.

Lobos, T., Retamales, J., OrtegaFarías, S., Hanson, E., López‑Olivari, R. and Mora, M. 2018. Regulated deficit irrigation effects on physiological parameters, yield, fruit quality and antioxidants of Vaccinium corymbosum plants cv. Brigitta.  Irrig. Sci. 36: 49-60.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-017-0564-6

Morales-Salinas, L., Ortega-Farías, S.*, Riveros-Burgos, C., Neira-Román, J., Carrasco-Benavides, M., and López-Olivari, R.  2017.   Monthly Calibration of Hargreaves–Samani Equation Using Remote Sensing and Topoclimatology in Central-Southern Chile. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2017.1323287.

Carrasco-Benavides, M., Ortega-Farias, S.*, Morales-Salinas, L., Poblete-Echeverría, C., and Chávez, JL.  2017.  Calibration and Validation of an Aerodynamic Method to Estimate the Spatial Variability of Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes Over a Drip-Irrigated Merlot Vineyard. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2017.1317943.
de la Fuente-Sáiz, D., Ortega-Farías, S.*, Fonseca, D., Ortega-Salazar, S., Kilic, A., and Allen, R.  2017. Calibration of METRIC Model to Estimate Energy Balance over a Drip-Irrigated Apple Orchard. Remote Sens. 9: 670; doi: 10.3390/rs9070670.

Ahumada-Orellana1, L., Ortega-Farías. S*., Searles, P., and Retamales, J. 2017.  Yield and Water Productivity Responses to Irrigation Cut-off Strategies after Fruit Set Using Stem Water Potential Thresholds in a Super-High Density Olive Orchard.  Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1280. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01280.

Poblete, T., Ortega-Farías, S.*, Moreno, MA., and Bardeen, M. 2017. Artificial neural network to predict vine water status spatial variability using multispectral information obtained from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).  Sensors.  11: 2490; doi:10.3390/s17112490.

Ortega-Farías, S., Ortega-Salazar, S., Poblete, T., Poblete-Echeverría, C., Zúñiga, M., Sepúlveda-Reyes, D., Kilic, A. and Allen, R. 2017. Estimation of olive evapotranspiration using multispectral and thermal sensors placed aboard an unmanned aerial vehicle. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1150:1-8.

Poblete-Echeverría, C., Sepúlveda-Reyes, D., Zúñiga, M. and Ortega-Farías, S. 2017. Grapevine crop coefficient (Kc) determined by surface renewal method at different phenological periods. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1150:61-66.

López-Olivari, R., Fuentes, S., and Ortega-Farı́as, S.  2017.  Seasonal variation of night-time sap flow of a Young olive orchard: the unconsidered process for evapotranspiration estimations.  Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1150: 81-86

López-Olivari, R., Ortega-Farías, S. and Poblete-Echeverría, C. 2017. Energy balance components and evapotranspiration measurements over a superintensive olive orchard. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1150:55-60

de la Fuente-Sáiz, D., Ortega-Farías, S., Ortega-Salazar, S., Carrasco-Benavides, M., Kilic, A. and Allen, R. 2017. Estimation of water requirements for a drip-irrigated apple orchard using Landsat 7 satellite images. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1150:181-188.

Zúñiga, M., Poblete-Echeverría, C., Riveros, C. and Ortega-Farías, S. 2017. Water stress integral as indicator of grape quality and yield parameters in a 'Carménère' vineyard with regulated deficit irrigation. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1150:501-506.

Ortega-Farías, S., Fonseca, D-. de la Fuente-Sáiz, D., Kilic, A., Ortega-Salazar, S., Allen, R. and Carrasco-Benavides, M.  2017.  Remote sensing model to evaluate the spatial variability of vineyard water requirements. Acta Hortic. (ISHS) 1188: 235-242.  DOI 10.17660.

Verdugo-Vásquez, N., Pañitrur-De la Fuente, C., Ortega-Farías, S*.  2017.  Model development to predict phenological scales of table grapes (cvs. Thompson, Crimson and Superior Seedless and Red Globe) using growing degree days. OENO One, 51: 3.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2017.51.2.1833.

López-Olivari1, R., Ortega-Farías, S. and Poblete-Echeverría, C.  2016.  Partitionning of net radiation and evapotranspiration over a superintensive drip-irrigated olive orchard.   Irrig. Sci., 34 (1): 17-31.

Odi-Lara, M., Campos. I., Neale, CMU., Ortega-Farías, S., Poblete-Echeverría, C., Balbontín, C., and Calera, A.  2016.  Estimating Evapotranspiration of an Apple Orchard Using a Remote Sensing-Based Soil Water Balance.  Remote Sens., (8) 253-273.

Lobos, T.E.,  Retamales, J.B., Ortega-Farías, S., Hanson, E.J., López-Olivari, R., and Mora, M.L. 2016.  Pre-harvest regulated deficit irrigation management effects onpost-harvest quality and condition of V. corymbosum fruits cv. Brigitta.  Scientia Horticulturae 207 (2016) 152–159.

Carrasco-Benavidesa1, M., Mora, C., Maldonado, G., Olguín-Cáceres, J., von Bennewitza, E., Ortega-Farías, S., Gajardo, J., and Fuentes, S.  2016.  Assessment of an automated digital method to estimate leaf area index (LAI) in cherry tres.  New Zealand Journal of Crop & Horticultural Science. 0114-0671 (Print) 1175-8783;  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01140671.2016.1207670.

Ortega-Farías, S.,  Ortega-Salazar, S., Poblete, T., Kilic, A., Allen, R., Poblete-Echeverría, C., Ahumada-Orellana, L., Zuñiga, M. and Sepúlveda, D.  2016.  Estimation of Energy Balance Components over a Drip-Irrigated Olive Orchard Using Thermal and Multispectral Cameras Placed on a Helicopter-Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).   Remote Sens. 8(8), 638; doi:10.3390/rs8080638.

Jara-Rojas, R. Engler, A., Adasme-Berrios, C., Carrasco-Benavides, M., Ortega-Farías, S., and Mediavilla, W.  2016. Adoption of irrigation scheduling: Role of extension and training in Central Chile. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal.  Acepted

Souza, P., Rodrigues, J., Sousa, A., Lima, R., Rocha, E., and Ortega-Farias, S.  2016.   Water Requirement Estimate for the Reproductive Period of Mango Orchards in the Northeast of the State of Pará, Brazil.  Rev. Bras. Frutic., Jaboticabal - SP, 38: 311-314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-29452016311.

Sepúlveda-Reyes, D., Ingram, B., Bardeen, M., Zúñiga, M., Ortega-Farías, S., and Poblete-Echeverría, C.  2016. Selecting Canopy Zones and Thresholding Approaches to Assess Grapevine Water Status by Using Aerial and Ground-Based Thermal Imaging.  Remote Sens. 8, 822; doi: 10.3390/rs8100822.

       
  Proyectos Vigentes
 

Optimization of the spatial variability of crop water requirements using satellite and unmanned aerial vehicle platforms. CONICYT- Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC190013. Inv. Principal. 2020-2023

Calibration of two-source models to estimate vineyard water requirements using ground-based weather measurements and high-resolution thermal and multispectral images acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). FONDECYT1160997. Inv. Principal: abril 2016-marzo 2019.

Programa de Mejoramiento de la Gestión Hídrica para Usuarios Agrícolas en la Cuenca del Rio Maule. ENEL Generación Chile, S.A. Director: octubre 2017-octubre 2019

Mapa dinámico a escala diaria de la Evapotranspiración de Referencia (ETo) para determinar las necesidades de riego en Chile”. FIA.  Director: diciembre 2017-diciembre 2019.

Plataforma agrícola satelital para el seguimiento de la determinación de los requerimientos hídricos de los principales cultivos del país”. FIA. Co-investigador: diciembre 2017-diciembre 2019.

Development of water stress energy balance indices of vineyards using meteorological data and high-resolution thermal infrared (TIR) cameras placed on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). FONDECYT1190689. Inv. Principal: abril 2019-marzo 2022.

Incremento de la eficiencia y cuidado del agua mediante experiencia conjunta entre comunidades de Sonora-México y Linares-Chile. ACIDChile y AMEXCID. Inv. Principal: marzo 2019-febrero 2021.