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Workgroup Information Olive
Summary	There are many CEs and Farm Advisors working with olives - both for table and for oil. We would like to meet regularly to assess needs to research and extension and to have a better coordination within the UC ANR system.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Louise Ferguson (Co-Chair)
Phone	(559) 737 3061 (M) 530-752-0507 (O)
E-Mail	lferguson@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Location:	Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center 9240 S. Riverbend Ave. Parlier, 93648
Name	Selina Wang (Co-Chair)
Phone
E-Mail	scwang@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Food Science & Technology

Membership List
CE Advisor
Fichtner, Elizabeth		Tulare County
	Farm Advisor	Orchard Systems
Kron, Cindy		Sonoma County
	North Coast Area IPM Advisor	Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Viticulture
Nouri, Mohamed		San Joaquin County
	Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor	Walnuts, cherries, olives, apples, miscellaneous fruits, Plant Pathology
Pierce, Curt		Glenn County
	Area Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor	Precision irrigation and drought mitigation strategies for tree crops
Reyes, Clarissa		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	Orchard Systems Advisor	Plant-water relations, drought physiology; walnut, peach, kiwifruit
CE Specialist
Bali, Khaled		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Irrigation Water Management Specialist	Irrigation and water management, irrigation systems, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Daane, Kent		ESPM - Organisms and the Environment
	CE Specialist	Biological control and IPM of insect pests in crops (almond, grape, stone fruit, olives, pistachios, berries, lettuce) and ornamentals (eucalyptus, ornamental).
Ferguson, Louise		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Pomologist	Tree crop physiology and production of pistachio, olive, citrus, fig, and persimmon. Areas of expertise include seasonal growth phenology, salinity tolerance, alternate bearing, canopy management, mechanical pruning, mechanical harvesting, root stock int
Marino, Giulia		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	ASST SPECIALIST COOP EXT	Horticultural physiology, orchard management under abiotic stress
Trouillas, Florent		Plant Pathology - CAES
	Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist	Fruit and Nut Crops, Plant Pathology
Wang, Selina		Food Science & Technology
	Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Food chemistry, quality and purity; fruit and Vegetable Processing
Other UC
Ott, Natalia		Tehama County
	Orchard Crops Advisor	Walnuts, Prunes, Almonds, Olives
Membership Totals
Number of Members		12
ANR Members		12
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0