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Workgroup Information Integrated Grape Production |
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Summary | The Integrated Grape Production Workgroup integrates the knowledge of AES Scientists, CE Specialists, CE Advisors, and affiliated USDA Researchers who work in wine, grape or raisin production, with the goal of ensuring the most beneficial and productive collaboration in research and extension to clientele throughout the state. |
Workgroup Chair Information | |
Name | Sahap Kurtural (Co-Chair) |
Phone | 7079440126 |
skkurtural@ucanr.edu | |
Unit: | Viticulture & Enology |
Name | Shijian Zhuang (Co-Chair) |
Phone | 559-231-1143 |
gzhuang@ucanr.edu | |
Unit: | Fresno County |
Membership List |
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AES Scientist | ||
Adams, Douglas | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor of Viticulture | Biochemistry of grape ripening, tannins in grapes and wine | |
Bartlett, Megan | ||
Assistant Professor | Grapevine drought and heat resistance | |
Bisson, Linda | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor Emeritus Geneticist-AES | Molecular and biochemical investigations of hexose utilization in wine and laboratory strains of yeast; metabolic factors controlling fermentation rate and end product formation; conditions affecting ethyl carbamate formation in wine | |
Block, David | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor Chemical Engineer | Optimization methods for bioprocessing; Ethanol tolerance in yeast; Catalytic conversion of agricultural waste streams | |
Boulton, Roger | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor Chemical Engineer-AES | Simulation of winemaking operations; wine stability, winery design; distilled beverage production | |
Cantu, Dario | Viticulture & Enology | |
Associate Professor of Systems Biology-AES | Plant and microbial genomics, genetic resistance to diseases, bioinformatics | |
Ebeler, Susan | Viticulture & Enology | |
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Professor of Enology | Flavor chemistry and analytical chemistry. Development of methods for analysis and identification of aroma campounds and other trace components in grape and wine products. | |
Epstein, Lynn | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
Professor Emerita | Breeding for disease resistance, especially for Fusarium wilt on celery and wheat stripe rust; Sustainable agriculture; Biology, biochemical ecology and control of phytopathogenic fungi; Fungal development; Efficient design of field trials | |
Heymann, Hildegarde | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor Sensory Scientist | Sensory Science | |
Karban, Richard | Entomology (UCD) | |
Professor | Insect ecology, population regulation of animal species and the interactions between herbivores and their host plants | |
Lambert, Jean-Jacques | ||
Matthews, Mark | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor and Plant Physiologist-AES | Plant water relations; growth biophysics; acclimation to water deficits; photosynthesis; irrigation, nutrition of grapes; grape development; xylem structure and development; Pierce's disease; Berry shrivel; winegrape quality | |
Meredith, Carole | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor Emeritus | Grapevine genetics and biotechnology | |
Michailides, Themis | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
Plant Pathologist and Lecturer | Ecology, epidemiology and control of fungal diseases of fruit and nut crops and vines, postharvest diseases, aflatoxin and mycotoxins of nut crops and figs. | |
Mills, David | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor and Microbiologist | Microbiology of gut health; prebiotics, probiotics, fiber interactions in the intestine | |
RUNNEBAUM, RON C | ||
ASST AGRON AES-AY-B/E/E | ||
Walker, M. | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor Geneticist-AES | Genetics and breeding of grapevines; resistance to soil borne pests and pathogens; speciation and evolution breeding resistant rootstocks | |
Waterhouse, Andrew | Viticulture & Enology | |
Professor | Natural product chemistry of grapes and wine, analytical aspects of winemaking | |
Williams, Larry | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
Professor Plant Physiologist-AES | Influences of microclimate on physiological processes of the grapevine; cultural techniques of the grapevine associated with the production of raisins and table grapes; carbon assimilation by and allocation in the vine; effect of senescence on gas exchange characteristics; whole plant physiology | |
CE Advisor | ||
Aram, Kamyar | Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension | |
Specialty Crops Advisor | ||
Arnold, Kari | Foundation Plant Services - CAES | |
IR-4 Western Region Field Coordinator | Ensuring that specialty crop farmers have legal access to safe and effective crop protection products. | |
Battany, Mark | ||
Water Management and Biometeorology Advisor | Water management, soil management, soil salinity, frost protection, climate and weather evaluation, weather stations and sensors, grapes and viticulture. | |
Beede, Robert | Kings County | |
(Retired) Farm Advisor Emeritus | Horticulture: Tree fruit, nuts, grapes | |
Bentley, Walter | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
Integrated Pest Management Entomologist, Emeritus | Entomology | |
Bettiga, Larry | Monterey County | |
Acting Monterey County Director & Viticulture Farm Advisor | Wine grape production, canopy management, pest management, rootstock and clonal evaluation. | |
Caprile - Emeritus, Janet | Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension | |
Farm Advisor | Commercial fruit, nut, vine, vegetable, field, specialty crops | |
Chen, Christopher | Hopland Research & Extension Center | |
Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor | Vineyard management and stress tolerance | |
Cooper, Monica | Napa County | |
Farm Advisor-Viticulture | Viticulture and Pest Management | |
Duncan, Roger | Stanislaus County | |
Pomology Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Almonds, canning peaches, pistachios, misc. tree fruit | |
El Kereamy, Ashraf | Biology (UCR) | |
Director of Lindcove REC and Assistant CE Specialist | Specialist in Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside, focused on citrus and grape | |
Fake, Cindy | Placer-Nevada Counties | |
Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor, Placer and Nevada Counties, Emeritus | Commercial Horticultural Production | |
Gispert, Carmen | Riverside County, Palm Desert Office | |
UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Emeritus. | Wine and table grapes | |
Haviland, David | Kern County | |
Farm Advisor | Entomologist and Pest Management. Advise in identification and control of Pest. | |
Hollingsworth, Joy | Tulare County | |
Table Grape Advisor | Grapes | |
Kron, Cindy | Sonoma County | |
North Coast Area IPM Advisor | Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Viticulture | |
Lund, Karl | Madera County | |
Area Viticulture Advisor | ||
Luvisi, Donald | ||
Farm Advisor Emeritus (Retired) | Viticulture | |
Mcgourty, Glenn | Mendocino County | |
Viticulture & Plant Science Advisor - Emeritus | Plant science--all horticultural crops including wine grapes, vegetables; viticulture; nursery and floriculture (ornamentals); landscape; also sustainable agriculture and weed science | |
Norton, Maxwell | Merced County | |
Farm Advisor - Emeritus | Specialties: Tree fruit, farmland preservation, figs, pomegranates, peaches | |
Peacock, William | Tulare County | |
Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Viticulture and irrigation, soils | |
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 | |
Rijal, Jhalendra | Stanislaus County | |
Area IPM Advisor | Entomology, insect pest management, insect mating disruption, insect spatial distribution and quantitative sampling, insect behavior and chemical ecology | |
Roncoroni, John | Napa County | |
Weed Science Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Weed Control and Vegetation Management in Perennial Crops, Covercrops and Aquatic Weed Control | |
Smith, Rhonda | Sonoma County | |
Viticulture Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Viticulture, wine grapes, water management, pest management, vine nutrition | |
Stapleton, James | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
IPM Plant Pathologist | Integrated pest management; alternatives to synthetic chemical products for disease and pest control; solar energy in pest management; ecological engineering; pest issues in natural areas; biological, physical, and cultural management of reservoirs of weedy plant propagative materials; seed pathology; sustainable and appropriate pest management technologies; circular economy issues | |
Varela, Lucia | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
North Coast IPM Advisor - Emeritus | Apples, pears, wine grapes, pest management | |
Verdegaal, Paul | ||
Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Viticulture, almonds | |
Wunderlich, Lynn | Amador County | |
Farm Advisor | Viticulture and Pomology for the foothills; Sprayer calibration; Integrated Pest Management; Biological Control | |
Zhuang, Shijian | Fresno County | |
Viticulture Farm Advisor | Viticulture | |
CE Specialist | ||
Crisosto, Carlos | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
CE Postharvest Physiologist | Extension and research on postharvest biology and technology of fruits; fruit and nuts quality and deterioration and handling systems | |
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). | |
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. | |
Fidelibus, Matthew | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist | Raisin, table and wine grape production,fruit quality, whole-plant physiology, plant growth regulators, weeds. | |
Golino, Deborah | Foundation Plant Services - CAES | |
CE Specialist, Director, Foundation Plant Services, Plant Pathology Department | Virus diseases of horticultural crops and nursery clean stock programs | |
Grantham, Ted | ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences | |
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist | climate, water management and freshwater ecology | |
Hanson, Bradley | Department of Plant Sciences | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist | Chemical and non-chemical weed control in agricultural crops with a focus on herbicide peformance, resistance, crop safety, and environmental fate. | |
Kurtural, Sahap | Viticulture & Enology | |
Associate Specialist for Viticulture | viticulture, vineyard mechanization, canopy management, trellis systems, precision viticulture | |
McKenry, Michael | Nematology Department | |
Emeritus Nematologist and CE Nematology Specialist, Emeritus | Field pathogenicity and practical control of nematodes in perennial crops | |
Mitcham, Elizabeth | Department of Plant Sciences | |
Director, Postharvest Center | Postharvest physiology and technology of fruit and nut crops; emphasis on maintaining flavor quality after harvest, enhancing consumption of produce, and reducing food loss. Also studying regulation of fruit ripening and mechanisms underlying calcium def | |
Oberholster, Anita | Viticulture & Enology | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Enology | Impact viticultural practices and environmental factors (disease, climate change including wildfires) on grape ripening and composition and related wine quality. Influence of vinification practices on wine composition and sensory characteristics. Alternat | |
Pettygrove, G. | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
CE Soils Specialist Emeritus | Soil fertility; land application of wastes and wastewater; dairy manure; winegrape nutrition; precision agriculture. | |
Prichard, Terry | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
CE Irrigation Water Management Specialist | Irrigation water management, crop response to limited water supplies, water infiltration, Delta water quality and soil salinity issues | |
Rolshausen, Philippe | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
Associate CE Specialist | Sub Tropical Crops | |
Westphal, Andreas | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
UC Riverside Professor of Cooperative Extension Nematology, Tokuji and Bettie L. Furuta Endowed Chair | Applied Nematology in perennial crops including walnut, almond, pistachio, grape and citrus | |
Zaccaria, Daniele | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
Associate Professor and Agricultural Water Management Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Agricultural water management and irrigation | |
Zalom, Frank | Entomology (UCD) | |
Distinguished Professor | Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest Management | |
Other ANR | ||
Block, Karen | Viticulture & Enology | |
Director of Industry Relations | ||
Lapsley, James | Viticulture & Enology | |
Associate Adjunct Professor | History and economics of winemaking | |
Mcfarland, Kellie | ||
Program and Event Specialist II, Lead | ||
Rowhani, Adib | Foundation Plant Services - CAES | |
Plant Pathologist | ||
Tian, Tian | Kern County | |
Viticulture Advisor | Viticulture, Plant Physiology | |
Torres, Gabriel | Viticulture & Enology | |
Viticulture Farm Advisor | Plant Pathology | |
Non-UC | ||
Baumgartner, Kendra | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
USDA-ARS research plant pathologist | grapevine diseases | |
Forrestel, Elisabeth | ||
McElrone, Andrew | ||
Steenwerth, Kerri | ||
Research Soil Scientist | ||
Membership Totals | ||
Number of Members | 76 | |
ANR Members | 72 | |
Non-ANR | 4 | |
Info Only | 0 |