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Program Team/Workgroup Directory/Information
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Workgroup Information Landscape and Urban Horticulture |
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| Summary | Coordinate statewide research and education programs addressing issues such as water conservation, water quality, plant materials, management, and environmental quality. |
| Website: | http://groups.ucanr.org/LSWG/ |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Steven Swain (Chair) |
| Phone | (415) 473-4204 |
| svswain@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Marin County |
| Name | Karrie Reid (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | 530-754-4883 |
| skreid@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | UC Davis Plant Sciences |
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Membership List |
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| AES Scientist | ||
| Fujino, Dave | Dean's Office CA&ES (UCD) | |
| Director, California Center for Urban Horticulture; Co-Director, UC Nursery and Floriculture Alliance | ||
| Lieth, Johann | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor, Crop Ecologist-AES, CE Crop Ecologist | Crop ecology, systems analysis, greenhouse environment control systems, mathematical modeling, floriculture, ornamental and nursery crop production, computer programming, biomathematics, automatic drip irrigation, systems analysis. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Blakey, Dustin | Inyo-Mono Counties | |
| County Director / Farm Advisor | ||
| de la Fuente, Maria | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor & Master Gardener Advisor Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties | Mushrooms, compost, specialty vegetables, nursery crops, plant pathology and soil microbiology. Urban Horticulture and Master Composter Program UCCE Santa Clara. | |
| Downer, Arthur | Ventura County | |
| Environmental Horticulture/Plant Pathology Advisor Emeritus | Pathology of landscape ornamentals , Phytophthora Root Rot, Mulches, Potting soils, Palm horticulture, climate ready trees, arboriculture, Master Gardener Advisor. | |
| Hartin, Janet | Los Angeles County | |
| Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Environmental horticulture, urban greening, climate-ready trees, "Trees for Tomorrow" arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants | |
| Hodel, Donald | Los Angeles County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus | Selection & management of palms and other woody ornamentals in the landscape | |
| 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 | |
| Lacan, Igor | San Mateo-San Francisco Counties | |
| Interim County Director; Bay Area Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor | Urban Forestry | |
| Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz | Orange County - UC Cooperative Extension | |
| Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
| Reid, Karrie | UC Davis Plant Sciences | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | ||
| Shogren, Christopher | Los Angeles County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Horticulture, nursery crops, pest management, exotic and invasive pests | |
| Solins, Joanna | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Urban green infrastructure | |
| Spinelli, Gerardo | San Diego County | |
| Production Horticulture Advisor | Nurseries and Floriculture | |
| Swain, Steven | Marin County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Woody plants and their pests and diseases, integrated pest management, water use and conservation, defensible space for fire | |
| Wilen, Cheryl | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor - Emeritus | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for ornamental plant production and maintenance including nurseries, greenhouses, field production, floriculture, turf and landscape, pesticide reduction and alternatives. Research specialty in weed management, snails & slugs. | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Becker, Jorn | Nematology Department | |
| Distinguished Professor of Cooperative Extension in Nematology & Distinguished Nematologist | Integrated pest management of plant-parasitic nematodes | |
| Merhaut, Donald | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Extension Specialist for Nursery and Floriculture Crops | Plant Nutrition, Woody Ornamentals, Floriculture, Blueberry Production | |
| Oki, Lorence | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Specialist in CE, Environmental Horticulture | Irrigation and runoff management in urban landscapes and nurseries; effect of water quality (salinity) on plant growth; evaluating ornamental plants for use in landscape horticulture; introduction of plants for environmental horticulture. Additional unit | |
| Ploeg, Antoon | Nematology Department | |
| Nematology Specialist | Management of plant-parasitic nematodes in field and vegetable crops. | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Berry, Alison | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Plant Biologist-AES Emerita | Assessment of nitrogen fixing plants, root and root nodule development, management of woody landscape plants, mistletoe control, biofuels | |
| Dreistadt, Steve | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Principal Editor | IPM, ornamentals, landscape, biological control | |
| Farrar, James | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Director, Statewide IPM Program | IPM, integrated pest management, plant pathology, vegetable diseases, fungi | |
| Gable, Missy | UC Master Gardener Program | |
| Director | Horticulture | |
| Windbiel-Rojas, Karey | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/ Area Urban IPM Advisor | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 25 | |
| ANR Members | 25 | |
| Non-ANR | 0 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |