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Workgroup Information Strawberry
Summary	Support the strawberry extension activities.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Mark Bolda (Chair)
Phone	(831) 763-8025
E-Mail	mpbolda@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Santa Cruz County
Location:	Cooperative Extension Santa Cruz County 1430 Freedom Boulevard, Suite E Watsonville, 95076-2796

Membership List
AES Scientist
Goodhue, Rachael		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Professor, Agricultural Economist-AES	Agricultural Marketing and Organization, Contracting, Pesticide Use and Regulation, Agricultural Policy, Agri-environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Property Rights, Bio-economic Modeling of Agricultural Production Systems, Technology Adoption
CE Advisor
Baameur, Aziz		Small Farm Program
	Retired Emeritus, Farm Advisor	Small Farms, cultivar evaluation, nutrient management, irrigation, specialty crops, vegetables, Asian vegetables, Small Farms
Bolda, Mark		Santa Cruz County
	Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries	Strawberry and caneberry culture - horticulture, fertility, pest management practices, closed environment agriculture
Buchner, Richard		Tehama County
	Orchard Advisor - Emeritus	Pomology for Tehama County. Strawberry nursery production in North Coast & Mountain Region
Dara, Surendra		San Luis Obispo County
	Director and Professor	Biologicals, integrated pest management, and entomology
Daugovish, Oleg		Ventura County
	Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor	Ag and Environmental Issues for Veg Crops and Strawberries
Ingels, Chuck		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor	Tree crops, grapes, environmental horticulture, and Master Gardeners/urban horticulture. Areas of research and extension focus include IPM, evaluation of sustainable products and practices, water conservation and deficit irrigation, home orchards and vineyards, sustainable landscaping, alternative turfgrass species, and tree training, pruning, and grafting.
Kabashima, John		Orange County - UC Cooperative Extension
	Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus	Ornamental horticulture, nursery crops, pest management, exotic and invasive pests, water runoff, water quality
Koike, Steven		Monterey County
	Plant Pathology Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Plant pathology research and education for vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops; plant disease diagnostics; food safey research and extension.
Marcum, Daniel		Shasta-Lassen Office
	Farm Advisor - Emeritus	Irrigation, plant nutrition, salinity, entomology, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, vegetable crops, engineering, plant pathology, integrated pest management, systems management, economics, weed control, nematology, strawberry nursery production, garlic, wild rice, alfalfa, timothy, sugarbeet, pasture, range, biodiversity, peppermint, viticulture
Molinar, Richard		Small Farm Program
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Small farms, vegetable crops, organic farming, insect/weed management, specialty crops, sugar peas, strawberries, eggplant, squash, Asian vegetables such as basil, lemongrass, green beans, long beans, gailon, bittermelons, refugee farmers, Hmong, Lao, fluent in Spanish
Norton, Maxwell		Merced County
	Farm Advisor - Emeritus	Specialties: Tree fruit, farmland preservation, figs, pomegranates, peaches
Tourte, Laura		Santa Cruz County
	Farm Management Advisor - Emeritus
CE Specialist
Crisosto, Carlos		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Postharvest Physiologist	Extension and research on postharvest biology and technology of fruits; fruit and nuts quality and deterioration and handling systems
Elmore, Clyde		Weed Science Program
	CE Weed Scientist, Emeritus	Vegetation management in ornamentals, turf, tree fruits and vines, use of resident vegetation and planted cover crops, utilization of soil solarization for control of weeds
Fennimore, Steven		Weed Science Program
	CE Weed Specialist	Weed control in cool-season vegetables, weed biology, weed seed germination. Automated weed managment with intelligent weeders. Soil disinfestation with steam in strawberry and vegetables.
Grantz, David		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Plant Physiologist & CE Specialist	Air pollution, Ozone, Environmental Crop Physiology, Biofuel Feedstocks
Klonsky, Karen		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Emerita	Farm Management and Production, Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Agriculture
McKenry, Michael		Nematology Department
	Emeritus Nematologist and CE Nematology Specialist, Emeritus	Field pathogenicity and practical control of nematodes in perennial crops
Mitcham, Elizabeth		Department of Plant Sciences
	Director, Postharvest Center	Postharvest physiology and technology of fruit and nut crops; emphasis on maintaining flavor quality after harvest, enhancing consumption of produce, and reducing food loss. Also studying regulation of fruit ripening and mechanisms underlying calcium def
Toscano, Nick		Entomology (UCR)
	Extension Entomologist	Integrated pest management involving insects, mites and other invertebrates in field and vegetable crops with emphasis on resistance management and alternatives to synthetic insecticides
Westerdahl, Becky		Nematology CAES
	CE Specialistáá Professor	Applied nematology, integrated pest management
Zalom, Frank		Entomology (UCD)
	Distinguished Professor and CE Specialist	Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest Management
Other ANR
Carter, Colin		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Professor, Agricultural Economist	Commodity markets, International trade
Chalfant, James		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Professor, Agricultural Economist	Econometrics, Agricultural marketing and demand analysis, Risk & uncertainty, Agricultural production and supply, Environmental Economics
Duniway, John		Plant Pathology - CAES
	Professor   Emeritus   Plant Pathologist	Epidemiology, soilborn pathogens, water relations
Larson, Kirk		Department of Plant Sciences
	CE Pomologist-AES & CE	Strawberry production physiology; strawberry cultivar improvement
Paulus, Albert		Plant Pathology
	Emeritus   CE Plant Pathologist	Diseases of vegetables, field crops, strawberries
Sims, James		Plant Pathology
	Professor   Emeritus   Chemist	Isolation, structure determination and synthesis of natural products with emphasis on biologically active molecules
Non-UC
Browne, Greg		Plant Pathology - CAES
	USDA Research Plant Pathologist	Soil-borne diseases of fruit and nut trees and other horticultural crops
Membership Totals
Number of Members		30
ANR Members		29
Non-ANR		1
Info Only		0