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Workgroup Directory/Information
To join an existing Workgroup, please email the group's chair or co-chair. Contact information is available on the below Workgroup pages or on individual faculty pages.
Workgroup Directory
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Workgroup Information Sub Tropical Crops |
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| 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 |
| aeskalen@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Plant Pathology - CAES |
| Name | Ben Faber (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | (805) 645-1462 |
| bafaber@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Ventura County |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Ventura County 669 County Square Drive, #100 Ventura, 93003-5401 |
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Membership List |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Connell, Joseph | ||
| Farm Advisor Emeritus | Almonds, olives, citrus, subtropicals, ornamentals | |
| 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 | ||
| Pastrana Leon, Ana Maria | Imperial County | |
| Plant Pathology Advisor | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 45 | |
| ANR Members | 43 | |
| Non-ANR | 2 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |