Farm Advisor Lynn Wunderlich
Lynn Wunderlich is the U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor for commercial* agriculture in the Central Sierra.
*Backyard vineyard, orchard and garden questions? Please contact the UCCE Master Gardeners for advice.
EDUCATION
B.Sc. Bacteriology. Emphasis in Plant Pathology. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1985
M.Sc. Plant Protection and Pest Management. University of California-Davis. 1997
LICENSURE
California Pest Control Advisor (PCA)
California Qualified Applicator License (QAL)
CURRENT RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROJECTS INCLUDE:
- Wine grape nutrition, foothill soils, and "red leaf" symptoms
- Evaluating the powdery mildew index for foothill grown grapes
- Early leaf pulling for Botrytis management in grapes
- New tools for irrigation management: pressure bombing and the "surface renewal" method
- Sprayer calibration education for improved spray efficiency
- Evaluating Nordmann and Turkish Fir for Christmas Tree production in the Sierra foothills

Lynn Wunderlich, Farm Advisor
Specialty: Viticulture, Tree Fruits, Entomology
Address:
330 Fair Lane
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: (530) 621-5505
Email: lrwunderlich@ucanr.edu
Selected Publications
Wunderlich, L.R., M.L. Cooper and K.M. Daane. 2013. Seasonal biology of Ferrisia gilli (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in California Sierra foothill vineyards. J. Econ. Entomol. 106 (4): 1716-1725 (2013).
Burrack, H.J., Bingham, R., Price, R., Connell, J.H., Phillips, P.A., Wunderlich, L., Vossen, P.M., O’Connell, N.V., Ferguson, L., and F.G. Zalom. 2011. Understanding the seasonal and reproductive biology of olive fruit fly is critical to its management. California Agriculture 65(1):14-20. Download the pdf version of this California Agriculture article.
Bay, I.S., Wunderlich, L. R., Nguyen, T.N. and W.D. Gubler. 2012. Fungicide control of apple scab: 2012 field trial. Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis. Download the free pdf of the Fungicide control of apple scab: 2012 field trial. Download the pdf of the Fungicide control of apple scab: 2013 field trial.
Daane, K.M., Cooper, M.L., Triapitsyn, S.V., Walton, V.M., Yokota, G.Y., Haviland, D.R., Bentley, W.J., Godfrey, K., and Wunderlich, L.R. 2008. Vineyard managers and researchers seek sustainable solutions for mealybugs, a changing pest complex. California Agriculture 62(4):167-176.
Wunderlich, L. and K.M. Daane. 2009. Seasonal biology of the Gill's mealybug, Ferrisia gilli, in foothill vineyards. Annual Progress Report (2008). American Vineyard Foundation.
Wunderlich, L., K. Klonsky, and R. DeMoura. 2007. Sample costs to establish and produce apples-Fuji variety.