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Workgroup Information Rice
Summary	Facilitates collaborative research and educational activities involving Cooperative Extension and AES personnel that address topics related to rice production, such as sustainable farming practices, management of herbicide resistant weeds, integration of waterfowl into rice cropping systems, application of remote sensing to site specific farming, post harvest technology, food processing, and natural resource management.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Luis Espino (Chair)
Phone	530-635-6234
E-Mail	laespino@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Butte County

Membership List
AES Scientist
Eadie, John		Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology
	Professor and Chair	Waterfowl; avian behavior and ecology; population genetics; wetland and riparian ecology; molecular ecology.
Horwath, William		Soils & Biogeochemistry Program
	AES Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry Soil Biogeochemist	Stable isotope studies, soil organic matter dynamics, soil fertility, sustainable agriculture, water quality, plant-microbe interactions, soil microbial biomass, denitrification, residue decomposition, root turnover.
Hsieh, You-Lo		Biological & Agricultural Engineering
	Professor & Chair	fiber and polymer chemistry, biopolymers, nanofibers, hybrid materials
Jenkins, Bryan		Biological & Agricultural Engineering
	Professor	Energy systems; biomass, bioenergy, biofuels, thermochemical conversion, combustion and gasification; environmental impacts; power systems; properties of fuels; systems analysis, modeling, and optimization.
Sumner, Daniel		Agricultural Issues Center
	Frank Buck Jr. Chair Professor	Economics of Agricultural Issues
SUNDARESAN, VENKATESAN		Plant Biology CBS
	Professor
van Kessel, Chris		Department of Plant Sciences
	Emeritus Professor, Department of Plant Sciences	Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture.
CE Advisor
Brim-Deforest, Whitney		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor, Master Gardener Advisor, UC Integrated Pest Management Program Afilliate	Rice, Weeds, Wild Rice
Espino, Luis		Butte County
	Rice Farming Systems Advisor	Entomology, Agronomy
Fulford, Anthony
Leinfelder-Miles, Michelle		San Joaquin County
	Farm Advisor	Crop Production, Soil and Water Resources, the Delta
CE Specialist
Al-Khatib, Kassim		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor, Plant Sciences	CE Specialist in Weed Sciences
Das, Srabani		UC Merced - Cooperative Extension Specialist
	Assistant CE Specialist (Regenerative Agriculture)	soil health, soil carbon, perennial cropping, regenerative agriculture
Grettenberger, Ian		Entomology (UCD)
	Assistant Specialist in CE	Field and vegetable crop IPM, insect ecology
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.
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.
Linquist, Bruce		Department of Plant Sciences
	UCCE Rice Specialist	Research on rice based systems, including nutrient and carbon cycling, GHG emissions, water use, water quality, varietal adaptation, heavy metals, and modeling.
Pan, Zhongli		Biological & Agricultural Engineering
	Adjunct Professor	Improving the value of agricultural products and their components through new and improved postharvest and processing technologies.
Other ANR
Blank, Timothy		Department of Plant Sciences
	SRA III	Seed Certification
Brodt, Sonja		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Academic Coordinator (Agriculture & Environment), UC SAREP	Agriculture and Environment
Filmer, Ann		Department of Plant Sciences
	Communications	1) Communications; 2) Floriculture production, postharvest handling of ornamentals
Shoemaker, Charles		Food Science & Technology
	Professor   Food Scientist	Food rheology; interfacial phenomena in food systems; microcomputer technology in food analysis and process control
Stogsdill, John
	SRA
Non-UC
calrice.org, rfiroved
	Industry Affairs Manager	Rice - regulatory for pesticides and water quality
calrice.org, pbuttner
calrice.org, tjohnson
Harrell, Dustin
	California Rice Experiment Station Director
McKenzie, Kent McKenzie
	Director	Rice
Tai, Thomas
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Membership Totals
Number of Members		30
ANR Members		23
Non-ANR		7
Info Only		0