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Workgroup Information Small Grain
Summary	Exchange information on current and planned research and extension, develop priorities for future research and extension, provide training for farm advisors, and produce needed publications.
Website:	http://smallgrains.ucdavis.edu/
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Mark Lundy (Chair)
Phone	530-902-7295
E-Mail	melundy@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Department of Plant Sciences

Membership List
AES Scientist
Diepenbrock, Christine
	Assistant Professor	Plant breeding for nutritional quality
Dubcovsky, Jorge		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor	Wheat breeding and genetics
(info only) Ehdaie, Bahman		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Specialist
Fox, Glen
	Professor Malting & Brewing Science	grain chemistry for malting and brewing and fermentation science; non-invasive technologies for rapid testing
Hegarty, Joshua
	PostDoc	Triticale and wheat breeding
(info only) Lukaszewski, Adam		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Geneticist, Professor	Plant Cytogenetics
(info only) Malkin, Richard
	Professor Emeritus	Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes
(info only) McGuire, Patrick		Department of Plant Sciences
		Genetics, genetic resources conservation, conservation biology, conservation genetics
Nelsen, Taylor
ucdavis.edu, cpittelkow
(info only) Qualset, Calvin
	Director Emeritus-Genetic Resources Conservation Program Professor Emeritus Research Professor	Agronomy, genetics, quantitative inheritance, plant breeding; plant genetic resources
(info only) Waines, J. Giles		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Geneticist Professor Director-Botanic Gardens and Herbarium	Cytogenetics, plant breeding and crop evolution-emphasis on wheat, beans,salvia, lilac, delphinium; roots, drought tolerance
CE Advisor
Bachie, Oli		Imperial County
	Imperial County Director	Agronomy & Weed Management
(info only) Campbell, Marsha
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Field crops
(info only) Canevari, Mick		San Joaquin County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Weed Control
Carneiro Galdi, Giuliano		Merced County
	Agronomy and Crops Advisor
Clark, Nicholas		Kings County
	Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor	Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management
(info only) Fulton, Allan		Glenn County
	Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor emeritus
(info only) Garcia, Emeritus, Sergio		San Benito County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus -   Livestock   Range and Natural Resources
Getts, Thomas		Lassen County
	Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor	Weed control in wildlands, rangelands, and the forage-based cropping systems of the intermountain region.
Hill, Ryan		Tehama County
	Agronomy & Weed Sciences Advisor
Kayad, Ahmed
	Agricultural Engineer Advisor	Agricultural Engineering, Precision Agriculture, Farm Machinery, Remote Sensing
Leinfelder-Miles, Michelle		San Joaquin County
	Farm Advisor	Crop Production, Soil and Water Resources, the Delta
Light, Sarah		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	Agronomy Farm Advisor	Alfalfa/Hay, Beans, Wheat, Corn, Sorghum, Sunflower, Safflower, Hemp, Soil Health, Cover Crops, Agronomy, Annual Cropping Systems in the Sacramento Valley.
Marsh, Brian		Kern County
	County Director/Farm Advisor	Agronomy, cotton, small grains, corn and silage, weed control
Mathesius, Konrad
	Farm Advisor	Agronomy: Wheat, Grains, Corn, Barley, Safflower, Soils
(info only) Mutters, Randall		Butte County
	Emeritus Farm Advisor	Rice, winter cereals, turf
Rethwisch, Michael		Riverside County
	Field Crops   University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor   Palo Verde Valley Vegetables	Entomology, Agronomy (Crop Production)
Smith, Richard		Monterey County
	Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science	Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science
Wilson, Rob		Intermountain Research & Extension Center
	Farm Advisor	Pest managment in vegetable and field crops; Potato variety development; Production of potatoes, onions, peppermint, and small grains
(info only) Wright, Steven		Kings County
	Farm Advisor- Tulare and Kings Counties - Emeritus	Cotton, small grains, weed control
CE Specialist
Atim, Jackie		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Specialist in Abiotic Stress	Abiotic Stress- Sorghum
Bali, Khaled		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Irrigation Water Management Specialist	Irrigation and water management, irrigation systems, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Collar, Carol		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	CE Specialist	Dairy, livestock and forage
Grettenberger, Ian		Entomology (UCD)
	Assistant Specialist in CE	Field and vegetable crop IPM, insect ecology
(info only) Jackson, Lee		Department of Plant Sciences
	Emeritus CE Specialist - Small Grains	Small Grains; Agronomy; Growth, development and plant breeding of small grains; small grain diseases; pathogen variability host resistance; genetics of host/parasite interaction; integrated pest management;integrated crop management; agricultural systems.
Lemaux, Peggy		Plant & Microbial Biology
	Professor of Cooperative Extension	Research interests focus on using 'omic technologies to understand interactions between plants, microbes and the environment. Efforts specifically focus on understanding abiotic and biotic stresses and carbonsequestration to combate climate change. Outreach efforts focus on communicating about food, agriculture and modern genetic technologies.
Lundy, Mark		Department of Plant Sciences
	Associate CE Specialist	Grain Cropping Systems, resource use efficiency, integrating technology into production practices, nitrogen and carbon cycling in crop-soil systems, genotype x environment x management interactions, phenotyping, remote/proximal sensing technologies
Mitchell, Jeffrey		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Cropping Systems Specialist	Vegetable cropping systems, irrigation management, soil quality, organic soil amendments, extension models, postharvest physiology
Swett, Cassandra		Plant Pathology - CAES
	CE Specialist	Vegetable and field crop pathology
Non-UC
(info only) Stewart, Robert		Department of Plant Sciences
	Program Advisor	Seed Certification
Membership Totals
Number of Members		41
ANR Members		40
Non-ANR		1
Info Only		14