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Workgroup Information Sub Tropical Crops
Summary	Develops collaborative research and extension projects and collects and disseminates information in support of production and marketing of diverse specialty crops in California.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Akif Eskalen (Co-Chair)
Phone	(530) 752-0304
E-Mail	aeskalen@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Plant Pathology - CAES
Name	Ben Faber (Co-Chair)
Phone	(805) 645-1462
E-Mail	bafaber@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Ventura County
Location:	Cooperative Extension Ventura County 669 County Square Drive, #100 Ventura, 93003-5401

Membership List
AES Scientist
Adaskaveg, James		Plant Pathology
	Professor and Plant Pathologist (test editing)	Mycology, plant pathology, ecology and epidimiology of fungi (test edits)
Babcock, Bruce		UCR School Public Policy
		Citrus Economics
Borkovich, Katherine		Plant Pathology
	Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology	Environmental sensing pathways used by fungi to respond to plant hosts and/or their environment
Cooksey, Donald		Plant Pathology
	Emeritus Professor and Bacteriologist	Bacterial diseases; molecular biology, bactericide resistance; biological control
Dandekar, Abhaya		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor Geneticist-AES	Molecular, biochemical, genomic and epigenetic analysis of tree fruit and nut genetic and biochemical traits to improve management strategies
Lovatt, Carol		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Professor   Plant Physiologist	Regulation of nucleotide and arginine metabolism, biochemistry of mineral nutrition, effects of stress on nitrogen metabolism, citrus and avocado physiology, including regulation of flowering, fruitset and fruit development
Luck, Robert		Entomology (UCR)
	Entomologist   Professor of Entomology	Behavioral and evolutionary ecology; biological control; population dynamics; pest management; forest entomology
Morse, Joseph		Entomology (UCR)
	Entomologist and Professor of Entomology, Emeritus	Citrus and avocado pest management, biological control; applied insect ecology; pesticide impacts on natural enemies; resistance management
Reid, Michael		Department of Plant Sciences
	Cooperative Extension Specialist	Postharvest biology and technology of ornamentals, cut flowers, flowering plants, foliage plants. Physiology of flowering and flowering control, chilling injury, mode of action of ethylene and inhibition of ethylene responses.
Roberts, Philip		Nematology Department
	Chair, Nematologist & Professor of Nematology	Nematode host-parasite relations, genetics and pest management in field and vegetable crops
Roose, Mikeal		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Professor of Genetics	Plant breeding, especially citrus; genomics and evolution of citrus and asparagus; UCR asparagus breeding program
Stanghellini, Michael		Plant Pathology
	Plant Pathologist & Professor	Ecology, epidemiology, and control of root-infecting soil-borne fungal plant pathogens
Ullman, Diane		Entomology (UCD)
	Professor of Entomology	Insect vectors of plant pathogens: vector/pathogen interactions with an emphasis on virus pathogenesis in insect cells, vector biology and management of insect-transmitted pathogens in agricultural and ornamental ecosystems.
Vidalakis, Georgios		Plant Pathology
	Professor & UC Extension Specialist in Plant Pathology - Director, Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP)	Graft-transmissible diseases of citrus diagnosis and therapy & citrus germplasm.
CE Advisor
Bender, Gary		San Diego North County Office
	Farm Advisor-Emeritus	Subtropical horticulture, deciduous fruit trees, irrigation, water quality, pest management, root rot and pathology of avocados and citrus, avocado canopy management
Bianchi, Mary		San Luis Obispo County
	Emeritus - Horticulture Farm Advisor	Horticulture, pomology, subtropicals, water management and water quality. Horticulture in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County.
Connell, Joseph
	Farm Advisor Emeritus	Almonds, olives, citrus, subtropicals, ornamentals
Douhan, Greg		Fresno County
	Area Citrus Advisor	Citrus, Avocados
Faber, Ben		Ventura County
	Advisor	Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Gaskell, Mark		San Luis Obispo County
	Emeritus - Farm Advisor	Specialty crops, small fruit crops, vegetables, sustainable agriculture, small farms in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Kallsen, Craig		Kern County
	Farm Advisor Emeritus (Retired)	Citrus, subtropical horticulture and pistachios
Lobo, Ramiro		San Diego County
	Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor	Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops
Mccullough-Sanden, Blake		Kern County
	Farm Advisor Emeritus (Retired)	Irrigation, soil, water, agronomy, blackeyes, sugarbeets, safflower, alfalfa
Middleton, Eric		San Diego County
	Area IPM Advisor
O'Connell, Neil		Tulare County
	Farm Advisor, Retired	Citrus, Avocado
Pastrana Leon, Ana Maria		Imperial County
	Ph.D.	Plant Pathology
Phillips, Phil		Santa Barbara County
	Area IPM Advisor, Emeritus	Extension of IPM information and adoption of IPM through demonstration and adaptive local research; in citrus, avocados, grapes, strawberries and vegetables
Rios, Sonia
	Area Subtropical Horticulture Advisor
Takele, Etaferahu		San Bernardino County
	Area Advisor Farm Management/Agricultural Economics	Area Advisor - Farm Management /Agricultural Economics - Production economics, decision-making at the farm level, integrated input management, risk managementSubtropical Fruit Crops (Citrus, Avocados) Vegetable crops, Field CropsRiverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Imperial, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Los Angles, Orange and Ventura.
CE Specialist
Arpaia, Mary Lu		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Cooperative Extension Specialist	Evaluation of preharvest and postharvest factor on subtropical crop productivity and fruit quality, including rootstock, cultivar, irrigation, pesticide and nutrition management strategies
Becker, Jorn		Nematology Department
	Distinguished Professor of Cooperative Extension in Nematology & Distinguished Nematologist	Integrated pest management of plant-parasitic nematodes
Cook, Roberta		Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Food distribution, Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, International Competition and Trade, Mexican Horticultural Industry, Food safety
Eskalen, Akif		Plant Pathology - CAES
	Professor of Cooperative Extension in Plant Pathology	Research in my lab is applied and focuses on the identification, biology, epidemiology, and control of fungal pathogens on vines, small fruit & berries, and pome fruits in California.
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
Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Emeritus Entomology Cooperative Extension Specialist	Citrus Integrated Pest Management
Harris, Linda J		Food Science & Technology
	Professor of Cooperative Extension	Microbial food safety throughout the food chain with a focus on the microbiology of fresh fruits and vegetables and tree nuts.
Hoddle, Mark		Entomology (UCR)
	Entomologist CE Entomology Specialist	Biological control of invasive arthropod pests of importance to agricultural, urban, and wilderness areas. Foreign exploration, host range and host specificity testing of natural enemy species under consideration for possible release in California. Pest
Khodadadi, Fatemeh		Plant Pathology
	UC Cooperative Extension specialist	Khodadadi’s research focuses on plant pathogens and disease management strategies for subtropical trees, especially citrus and avocado.
Khodadadi, Fatemeh
	CE Specialist	Subtropical Trees
Mauk, Peggy		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Director of Agricultural Operations/Subtropical Horticulture CE Specialist	Citrus, avocados, and dates, crop production management, fiscal and personnel management
Rolshausen, Philippe		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Associate CE Specialist	Sub Tropical Crops
Wu, Laosheng		Environmental Sciences
	Professor of Soil & Water Science/CE Water Management Specialist	Soil Physics, Water Management, Water Reuse, Soil Salinity
Other ANR
Cockerham, Stephen		Dean's Office CNAS
	Superintendent	Agricultural operations, field stations, turfgrass research
Dodds, Allan		Plant Pathology
	Emeritus Professor   Plant Pathologist	Plant virology, interactions between viruses in mixed infections, cross protection, satellite viruses, virus diseases of vegetable crops and citrus; detection of plant viruses
Filmer, Ann		Department of Plant Sciences
	Communications	1) Communications; 2) Floriculture production, postharvest handling of ornamentals
Kahn, Tracy		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Curator 4 and Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection Endowed Chair	Curator of the UCR Citrus Variety Collection and evaluates new citrus cultivars for the citrus industry.
Kosina, Petr		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Content Development Supervisor
Semancik, Joseph		Plant Pathology
	Professor   Emeritus   Plant Pathologist	Viroid synthesis and pathogenesis; host-viroid interactions; viroid diseases
Urena, Alan		Entomology (UCR)
	Staff Research Associate	Citrus pest management
Warnert, Jeannette		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Communications Specialist	Writing
Williams, Tim		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Staff Research Associate
Non-UC
Headrick, David		Cal Poly Entomology
	Professor	arthropod and weed BC
Krueger, Robert
	Horticulturist & Curator, USDA-ARS-NCGRCD	Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Citrus, Date Palms
Polek, MaryLou		CDFA/CCTEA
	Research plant pathologist	citrus diseases
Membership Totals
Number of Members		54
ANR Members		51
Non-ANR		3
Info Only		0