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Program Team/Workgroup Directory/Information
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Workgroup Information Weed |
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| Summary | One and a half day annual meeting which brings together extension specialists, farm advisors, experiment station and USDA personnel, and other weed scientiest to discuss research updates, major projects, regulatory and concerns impacting weed science. |
| Website: | http://wric.ucdavis.edu/about_us/about_us.htm |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Whitney Brim-DeForest (Chair) |
| Phone | 530-822-7515 |
| wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Sutter-Yuba Counties |
| Name | Thomas Getts (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | 530-251-2650 |
| tjgetts@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Lassen County |
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Membership List |
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| Barry, Teri | ||
| Brunharo, Caio | ||
| Dean, Ellen | ||
| Godar, Amar | ||
| SRA 3 | Weed Science | |
| Kyser, Guy | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Specialist | Invasive plants of non-crop environments | |
| Matzrafi, Maor | ||
| Dr. | Weed Science | |
| Ohadi, Sara Ohadi | ||
| Post-doc | Weed Science | |
| Osipitan, O. Adelwale | ||
| Perez, Gale | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Program Representative | ||
| Watkins, Seth | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| Eviner, Valerie | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Associate Professor | Using a mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions to increase our understanding and effective management of: invasions, restoration, biogeochemical cycling, global change, grazing systems, and sustainable agriculture. | |
| Fischer, Albert | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor | ||
| Holt, Jodie | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Emeritus | Weed science, ecology and physiology of weedy and invasive plants in agroecosystems and wildlands, ecological approaches for management | |
| Horak, Michael | ||
| Jasieniuk, Marie | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Associate Professor | Weed resistance to herbicides; invasive plants | |
| Mesgaran, Mohsen | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Weed ecology and biology, Modeling | ||
| Norris, Robert | Weed Science Program | |
| Emeritus | Weed ecology with emphasis on population regulation, weed management, and integrated pest management in field crops. Weed management in sustainable agricultural systems. | |
| Rejmanek, Marcel | ||
| Slaughter, David | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | |
| Professor | Instrumentation and postharvest engineering for biological materials; packaging, handling, storage and transportation of agricultural commodities; nondestructive measurement of quality and composition of biological materials; robotics, control and vision systems | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Aegerter, Brenna | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crops, Plant Pathology | |
| Bachie, Oli | Imperial County | |
| Imperial County Director | Agronomy / Field Crops | |
| Becchetti, Theresa | Stanislaus County | |
| Farm Advisor | Livestock and Natural Resources, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties | |
| Bell, Carl | Ventura County | |
| Regional Advisor | Invasive Plants | |
| Bettiga, Larry | Monterey County | |
| Viticulture Farm Advisor | Wine grape production, canopy management, pest management, rootstock and clonal evaluation. | |
| Bolda, Mark | Santa Cruz County | |
| County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries | ||
| Brim-DeForest, Whitney | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| CE Rice Advisor | Rice, Weeds | |
| Campbell, Marsha | Stanislaus County | |
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Field crops | |
| Canevari, Mick | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Weed Control | |
| Daugovish, Oleg | Ventura County | |
| Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor | Ag and Environmental Issues for Veg Crops and Strawberries | |
| Davy, Josh | Tehama County | |
| Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor / County Director | Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture | |
| Doran, Morgan | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
| Director, Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range management, irrigated pastures, grazing systems, ranch water quality. | |
| Faber, Ben | Ventura County | |
| Advisor | Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. | |
| Finzel, Julie | Kern County | |
| Farm Advisor | Animal Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management | |
| Fulford, Anthony | Stanislaus County | |
| Area CE Nutrient Management & Soil Quality Advisor | Soil Health, Nutrient Management, Soil Fertility/Testing | |
| Getts, Thomas | Lassen County | |
| Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems Advisor | ||
| Gordon, Phoebe | Madera County | |
| Orchard Crops Farm Advisor | Peaches, Plums, Figs. Merced & Madera counties. Merced County Phone Calls ONLY for Pistachios, Almonds. | |
| Greer, Christopher | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Area Cooperative Extension Advisor - Integrated Pest Management | Integrated Pest Management of Agricultural Crops | |
| Hembree, Kurt | Fresno County | |
| Weed Management Farm Advisor | Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings | |
| Jarvis-Shean, Katherine | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
| Orchard Systems Advisor | ||
| Le Strange, Michelle (Missy) | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor Emeritus | Vegetable crops, turf & landscape management, weed management (vegetable crops, turf and ornamentals), Master Gardener Program Advisor | |
| Leinfelder-Miles, Michelle | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Crop Production, Soil and Water Resources, the Delta | |
| Light, Sarah | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Area CE Agronomy Advisor | Alfalfa/Hay, Beans, Wheat, Grains, Corn, Sorghum, Barley, Sunflower, Safflower, Oil Seed (canola, soybean), Pseudo-cereal (buckwheat, chia, quinoa, amaranth) | |
| Lightle, Dani | Glenn County | |
| Orchard Systems Advisor | ||
| Lloyd, Margaret | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
| Small Farms Advisor | Organic | |
| Long, Rachael | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
| Farm Advisor for Field Crops, Pest Management | Pest management, agronomy, dry beans, alfalfa, water quality, oil seed crops | |
| Mathesius, Konrad | Yolo County | |
| Farm Advisor | Agronomy: Wheat, Grains, Corn, Barley, Safflower, Soils | |
| McDonald, Chris | San Bernardino County | |
| Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor, County Co-Director San Bernardino | invasive plants, weeds, native plant restoration, vegetation management, | |
| Milliron, Luke | Butte County | |
| Area Sustainable Orchard Systems Advisor | ||
| Miyao, Gene | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
| Emeritus Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops | Processing tomato production. | |
| 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 | |
| Oneto, Scott | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Farm Advisor / County Director | Agriculture, master gardener program, rangeland management, weed science | |
| Ozeran, Rebecca | Fresno County | |
| Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
| Rao, Devii | San Benito County | |
| Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management. | |
| Reiter, Maggie | Fresno County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Turfgrass management, native grasses | |
| Rios, Sonia | Riverside County | |
| Area Subtropical Horticulture Advisor | ||
| Rivers, Carissa | Siskiyou County | |
| County Director/Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | ||
| Roncoroni, John | Napa County | |
| Weed Science Farm Advisor | Weed Control and Vegetation Management in Perennial Crops, Covercrops and Aquatic Weed Control | |
| Shapero, Matthew | Ventura County | |
| Livestock and Range Advisor | ||
| Smith, Rhonda | Sonoma County | |
| Viticulture Farm Advisor | Viticulture, wine grapes, water management, pest management, vine nutrition | |
| Smith, Richard | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science | Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science | |
| Sosnoskie, Lynn | Merced County | |
| Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor | Weed Biology, Ecology, and Management | |
| Stackhouse, Jeffery | Humboldt County Office | |
| Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor | ||
| Stoddard, Scott | Merced County | |
| Farm Advisor Vegetable Crops and Soils | Soil fertility and conservation, tomatoes, melons, sweetpotatoes, weed management | |
| Symmes, Emily | Butte County | |
| Area IPM Advisor | Integrated pest management | |
| Tourte, Laura | Santa Cruz County | |
| Farm Management Advisor - Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito Counties | ||
| Vinchesi-Vahl, Amber | Colusa County | |
| Area Vegetable Crops Advisor | Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Pollinators, Insect-vectored diseases, vegetable crops | |
| Wilen, Cheryl | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor. Also: IPM Extension Coordinator for Natural Resources | 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. | |
| 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 | |
| Wright, Steven | Kings County | |
| Farm Advisor- Tulare and Kings Counties | Cotton, small grains, weed control | |
| Wunderlich, Lynn | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Farm Advisor | Viticulture and Pomology for the foothills; Sprayer calibration; Integrated Pest Management; Biological Control | |
| Zhuang, George | Fresno County | |
| Viticulture Farm Advisor | Viticulture | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Al-Khatib, Kassim | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor, Plant Sciences | CE Specialist in Weed Sciences | |
| Baird, James | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Management and Assistant Turfgrass Horticulturist | Turfgrass Management | |
| Bean, Travis | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant Weed Science Specialist in Cooperative Extension | ||
| DiTomaso, Joseph | Weed Science Program | |
| CE Weed Specialist | Non-crop areas, including weeds of rangeland, forestry, rights-of-way, roadside, wetlands, and natural sites and taxomony | |
| Elmore, Clyde | ||
| Fennimore, Steven | Weed Science Program | |
| CE Weed Specialist | Weed control in cool-season vegetables, weed biology, weed seed germination | |
| Grettenberger, Ian | Entomology (UCD) | |
| Assistant Specialist in CE | Entomology | |
| Hanson, Brad | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Weed Specialist | ||
| Hartz, Timothy | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Vegetable Crops Specialist | Improved management regimes for commercial vegetable production, cultural practices for warm-season vegetable crops | |
| Hill, James | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist | Conducts research and education programs on rice-based cropping systems with focus on production technologies such as direct seeding; weed control; nutrition; residue management and the relationship of these factors to environmental quality. | |
| James, Jeremy | Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center | |
| SFREC Center Director | Range Management | |
| Lanini, W | Weed Science Program | |
| CE Weed Ecologist | Ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture | |
| Lundy, Mark | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant CE Specialist | Grain Cropping Systems | |
| McGiffen, Milton | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist | Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide | |
| 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 assignment: Dept Human Ecology- Landscape Architecture Program, CoDirector UC Nursery and Floriculture Alliance | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Arnold, Kari | Stanislaus County | |
| Farm Advisor | Walnuts, Cherries, Grapes and Apricots | |
| Blecker, Lisa | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Coordinator, Pesticide Safety Education Program and Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination (OPIC) | Pesticide Safety Education. Coordinate and review Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) activities pertaining to pesticide research, experimentation and use. Provide quality assurance of DANR publications recommending pesticide uses. | |
| Crump, Amanda | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Lecturer, International Agricultural Development | Extension Education, Postsecondary Education, Women and Vulnerable Groups, International Agricultural Development, International Program Management and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Integrated Pest Management, Tree Health, Technology Transfer Evaluation | |
| DeBiase, Ria | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| PMG Coordinator | ||
| Gable, Missy | UC Master Gardener Program | |
| Director | Horticulture | |
| Galdi, Giuliano | Siskiyou County | |
| Agronomy and Crops Advisor | ||
| Jones, Michael | Mendocino County | |
| Forestry Advisor - Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties | Entomology; Integrated pest management of invasive and endemic forest pests | |
| Kosina, Petr | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Content Development Supervisor | ||
| Lam, Chinh | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| IT Supervisor and Lead Programmer | ||
| Martin, Tunyalee | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Associate Director for Communications | Leads UC IPM communications, manages IPM publication projects, and supervises editorial and technical staff developing and producing IPM outreach materials for Web and print. | |
| Parreira, Stephanie | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| IPM Writer/Editor | ||
| Peterson, Skyler | Intermountain Research & Extension Center | |
| Senior Farm Machinery Mechanic | ||
| Windbiel-Rojas, Karey | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/ Area IPM Advisor | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Anderson, Lars | ||
| Aquatic plant management consultant | Aquatic Weed Biology/Control | |
| Boyd, Betsy | ||
| Assistant Professor | Entomology, IPM, Weed Biological Management | |
| Brennan, Eric | ||
| Grewell, Brenda | ||
| Research Ecologist | Plant Ecology | |
| Kratville, David | ||
| Madsen, John | ||
| Research Biologist | Aquatic Weed Biology and Management | |
| Medic, Ana | ||
| Lecturer | weed management, plant protection materials | |
| Pitcairn, Mike | ||
| Pratt, Paul | ||
| Shrestha, Anil | ||
| Professor | Weed Science | |
| Steenwerth, Kerri | ||
| Research Soil Scientist | ||
| Steinmaus, Scott | ||
| professor | plant biology (weed science) | |
| Woods, Dale | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 112 | |
| ANR Members | 99 | |
| Non-ANR | 13 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |