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The irrigation and water management program at Kearney focuses on applied research and extension activities related to water use efficiency and sustainable ground water management in irrigated agricultural systems.
The Tree Systems Lab focuses on research and extension investigating tree physiology and its applications to enhance the profitability of fruit orchard systems in a changing global scenario. Key crops include pistachio, olives, cherry and almond.
The abiotic stress research program focuses on the sorghum crop with trials hosted at Kearney and Westside RECs as well as UC Davis. Forage and grain seed evaluations are conducted to provide growers with information on yields, growth parameters and forage nutritional composition.
Our laboratory is leading research in fungal fruit tree pathology and is nationally and internationally recognized for the innovative ecological, epidemiological and disease management studies of devastating diseases of fruit crops such as brown rot in stone fruit (population dynamics, epidemiology,...
Goals of the agricultural applied engineering program towards research and extension is to improve pesticide spray application efficiency in orchard production and reduce general pesticide use in the San Joaquin Valley region of California.
My program's focus is to reduce losses, improve fruit quality and safety, increase consumption, and expand markets. I work with fresh fruit and nut industries to identify and investigate arising issues, then creating and introducing new technologies as pilot programs with expansion, if needed.
The purpose of the IR-4 program is to ensure that producers of specialty crops and ornamental plants have adequate tools to conduct sound, sustainable integrated pest management. Companies that develop and sell crop protection products focus their resources on major crops to maximize profits.
