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Program Team/Workgroup Directory/Information
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Workgroup Information Prune |
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| Summary | Sets priorities, plans, executes and integrates research and extension projects related to the California prune (dried plum) industry. Produced a ?reduced environmental risk? system (reduced inputs of pesticides, fertilizers and water) for prune orchard management. |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Natalia Ott (Chair) |
| Phone | 530 527-3101 |
| njott@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Tehama County |
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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) | |
| Bostock, Richard | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
| Distinguished Professor, Plant Pathologist-AES | Physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of host-pathogen interaction; diseases of fruit and nut crops | |
| Brown, Patrick | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Pomologist-AES, Professor of Plant Nutrition | Plant mineral nutrition; root soil interaction; rhizosphere dynamics and genetic aspects of plant nutrition; function of boron in plants; sustainable agriculture | |
| DeJong, Theodore | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Emeritus Professor CE Pomologist-AES Plant Physiologist-AES | Environmental physiology; tree crop physiology; carbon partitioning and crop modeling; pomology; physiology and management of fruit tree crops; peach rootstock development and physiology; dried plum breeding | |
| Gradziel, Thomas | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor, Geneticist-AES | Genetics and breeding of peach and almond | |
| Kirkpatrick, Bruce | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
| Associate Plant Pathologist-AES | ||
| 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, Nicholas | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor Entomologist-AES | Biological control of insect pests, ecology and insect parasitoids, tree fruit pests | |
| Shackel, Kenneth | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor/Pomologist-AES | Plant-based irrigation management, particularly in trees and vines. Use of the pressure chamber and stem water potential (SWP) as a measure of plant stress, and the use of stress to optimize productivity and save water. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Buchner, Richard | Tehama County | |
| Orchard Advisor - Emeritus | Pomology for Tehama County. Strawberry nursery production in North Coast & Mountain Region | |
| Day, Kevin | Tulare County | |
| Pomology Advisor, Emeritus | Fresh-shipping deciduous tree fruits. Cultural practices and production, fruit growth and development, pruning and training systems | |
| DeBuse, Carolyn | Solano County | |
| Horticulturist- USDA National Clonal Germplasm | Prunus Collection | |
| Fichtner, Elizabeth | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Orchard Systems | |
| Grant, Joseph | ||
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus | walnuts, cherries, olives, miscellaneous fruits; fruit crops, integrated pest management | |
| Milliron, Luke | Butte County | |
| Orchard Systems Advisor | ||
| Niederholzer, Franz | Colusa County | |
| Farm Advisor Orchard Systems | Prunes, almonds, pears, apple, cherry, olive, plum, citrus, and pomegranate | |
| Norton, Maxwell | Merced County | |
| Farm Advisor - Emeritus | Specialties: Tree fruit, farmland preservation, figs, pomegranates, peaches | |
| Ott, Natalia | Tehama County | |
| Orchard Crops Advisor | Walnuts, Prunes, Almonds, Olives | |
| Symmes, Emily | Tehama County | |
| Area IPM Advisor | Integrated pest management | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Westerdahl, Becky | Nematology CAES | |
| CE Specialistáá Professor | Applied nematology, integrated pest management | |
| Zalom, Frank | Entomology (UCD) | |
| Distinguished Professor | Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest Management | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Glozer, Kitren | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Associate Project Scientist | Tree crops physiology, growth and development | |
| Morgan, David | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
| Staff Research Associate | Plant Pathology--Michailides Lab | |
| Ohlendorf, Barbara | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program | |
| Pest Management Guidelines Coordinator – Retired 6/29/10 | ||
| Sams, Judy | Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Malkin, Richard | ||
| Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
| Zea, Donn | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 29 | |
| ANR Members | 27 | |
| Non-ANR | 2 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |