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Workgroup Information Alfalfa and Forage Systems |
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Summary | The California Alfalfa & Forage Systems Workgroup is the key UC contact point for alfalfa and forage crops. We address educational, research, and grower/public issues for the state's alfalfa and forage crops which occupy more than 2 million irrigated acres in CA. The Workgroup is the principal organizor and sponsor of the California Alfalfa Symposium, and has sponsored Western and National Forage Conferences. We provide an interdisciplinary approach to pest management, water resources, irrigation, forage quality, cropping systems, economics, alternative forages, seed genetics, biotechnology, and environmental issues as these relate to forage systems. We seek to envision more sustainable, lower impact forage systems for the future. |
Website: | http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/ |
Workgroup Chair Information | |
Name | Daniel Putnam (Chair) |
Phone | (530) 752-8982 |
dhputnam@ucdavis.edu | |
Unit: | Department of Plant Sciences |
Location: |
Department of Plant Sciences One Shields Avenue 1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg Davis, 95616-8780 |
Membership List |
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AES Scientist | ||
Dahlke, Helen | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
Professor in Integrated Hydrologic Sciences | physical hydrology, surface water - groundwater interactions, groundwater recharge, on-farm recharge, nutrient transport, stochastic hydrology, DNA tracer technology | |
DePeters, Edward | Animal Science | |
Distinguished Professor | Ruminant nutrition of dairy cattle; mammary gland synthesis of milk protein and fat; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; evaluation of by-product feedstuffs and forage quality. | |
Van Deynze, Allen | Department of Plant Sciences | |
CE Advisor | ||
Biscaro, Andre | Ventura County | |
Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor | Irrigation and nutrient management of berry and vegetable crops | |
Campbell, Marsha | ||
Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Field crops | |
Canevari, William | San Joaquin County | |
Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Weed Control | |
Clark, Nicholas | Kings County | |
Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor | Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management | |
Forero, Larry | Shasta County | |
Emeritus: County Director | Livestock and Natural resources | |
Getts, Thomas | Lassen County | |
Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor | Weed control in wildlands, rangelands, and the forage-based cropping systems of the intermountain region. | |
Hembree, Kurt | Fresno County | |
Weed Management Farm Advisor | Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings | |
Leinfelder-Miles, Michelle | San Joaquin County | |
Farm Advisor | Crop Production, Soil and Water Resources, the Delta | |
Long, Rachael | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops, Pest Management | Pest management, agronomy, dry beans, alfalfa, water quality, oil seed crops | |
Mueller, Shannon | Madera County | |
Emeritus Agronomy Farm Advisor | Agronomy, alfalfa seed, hay production, seed certification, forage crops, pollination and honeybee management, oil seed crop production, and dry beans. | |
Natwick, Eric | Imperial County | |
Entomology Advisor, emeritus | Entomology, Pest Management | |
Snell, Laura | Modoc County | |
County Director and Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | Livestock & Natural Resources | |
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 | |
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 | |
Geisseler, Daniel | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Nutrient Management | Nutrient management in crop production | |
Grettenberger, Ian | Entomology (UCD) | |
Assistant Specialist in CE | Field and vegetable crop IPM, insect ecology | |
Lemaux, Peggy | Plant & Microbial Biology | |
Professor of Cooperative Extension | Research interests focus on using 'omic technologies to understand interactions between plants, microbes and the environment. Efforts specifically focus on understanding abiotic and biotic stresses and carbonsequestration to combate climate change. Outreach efforts focus on communicating about food, agriculture and modern genetic technologies. | |
Lundy, Mark | Department of Plant Sciences | |
Associate CE Specialist | Grain Cropping Systems, resource use efficiency, integrating technology into production practices, nitrogen and carbon cycling in crop-soil systems, genotype x environment x management interactions, phenotyping, remote/proximal sensing technologies | |
Putnam, Daniel | Department of Plant Sciences | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Agronomist in the AES | Alfalfa and forage crops systems, forage quality and utilization, alternative field crops, cellulosic energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus) crop ecology. | |
Robinson, Peter | Animal Science | |
CE Specialist | On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows. | |
Westerdahl, Becky | Nematology CAES | |
CE Specialistáá Professor | Applied nematology, integrated pest management | |
Zaccaria, Daniele | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
Associate Professor and Agricultural Water Management Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Agricultural water management and irrigation | |
Non-UC | ||
Bowles, Philip | ||
Malkin, Richard | ||
Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
Malkin, Richard | ||
Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
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Membership Totals | ||
Number of Members | 29 | |
ANR Members | 25 | |
Non-ANR | 4 | |
Info Only | 0 |