Panel Chairs

Rice Culture
Randall (Cass) Mutters
Cooperative Extension Butte County
2279-B Del Oro Avenue
Oroville, CA 95965
Tel: (530) 538-7201
Email: rgmutters@ucanr.edu

Economics and Marketing
Lanier Nalley
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Tel: (479) 575-6818
Email: llnalley@uark.edu

Processing, Storage and Quality
Zhongli Pan
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752-4367
Email: zlpan@ucdavis.edu

Plant Protection
Luis Espino
University of California Cooperative Extension
100 Sunrise Blvd., Suite E
Colusa, CA 95932
Tel: 530-458-0578
Email: laespino@ucanr.edu

Weed Control and Growth Regulation
Kassim Al-Khatib
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752-9160
Email: kalkhatib@ucdavis.edu

Plant Breeding and Genetics
Thomas H. Tai
USDA-ARS Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752-4342
Email: thtai@ucdavis.edu or thomas.tai@ars.usda.gov