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Ruth M Dahlquist-Willard

Interim Director, UC SAREP
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
2801 Second Street
Davis, CA 95618-7779
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Also in:
Small Farm Program
Fresno County

Education

Ph. D. Entomology, University of Idaho. 2008
B.S. Biology, UCLA. 1998

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Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Thao, Touyee; Harrison, Brendan P., et al. (2023). The effects of different biochar-dairy manure co-composts on soil moisture and nutrients retention, greenhouse gas emissions, and tomato productivity: observations from a soil column experiment. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 6, e20408.
  • Fernandez-Bou, Angel Santiago; Ortiz-Partida, J. Pablo, et al. (2021). 3 challenges, 3 errors, and 3 solutions to integrate frontline communities in climate change policy and research: lessons from California. Frontiers in Climate. 06 September 2021.
  • Guzman, Aidee; Montes, Marisol, et al. (2021). Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape. New Phytologist. 231:1, 447-459.
  • Huynh, Bao-Lam; Duong, Tra, et al. (2021). Registration of aphid-resistant ‘California Blackeye 77’ cowpea. Journal of Plant Registrations. 16:1, 13-20.
  • Dahlquist-Willard, Ruth; Ramos Espinoza, Maria L., et al. (2020). Challenges and opportunities for small farms marketing dried moringa products in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Western Economics Forum. 18:2, 61-64.
  • Méndez-Barrientos, Linda Estelí; DeVincentis, Alyssa, et al. (2020). Farmer participation and institutional capture in common-pool resource governance reforms. The case of groundwater management in California. Society and Natural Resources. 33:12, 1486-1507.
  • Mendoza, Carmen T.; Dahlquist-Willard, Ruth M. (2020). Initiating farm-to-school programs with small, socially disadvantaged farmers: a case study in Fresno. Western Economics Forum. 18:2, 81-85.
  • Achmon, Yigal; Claypool, Joshua T., et al. (2020). Structural changes in bacterial and fungal soil microbiome components during biosolarization as related to volatile fatty acid accumulation. Applied Soil Ecology. 153, 103602.
  • Fernández-Bayo, JD; Randall, TE, et al. (2018). Effect of management of organic wastes on inactivation of Brassica nigra and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae using soil biosolarization. Pest Management Science. 74:8, 1892-1902.
  • Oldfield, Thomas; Achmon, Yigal, et al. (2017). "A life cycle assessment of biosolarization as a valorization pathway for tomato pomace utilization in California." Journal of Cleaner Production 141: 146-156.
  • Fernández-Bayo, Jesús; Achmon, Yigal, et al. (2017). Assessment of two solid anaerobic digestate soil amendments for effects on soil quality and biosolarization efficacy. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 65:17, 3434–3442. April 14.
  • Fernández-Bayo, Jesús; Achmon, Yigal, et al. (2017). Comparison of soil biosolarization with mesophilic and thermophilic solid digestates on soil microbial quantity and diversity. Applied Soil Ecology. 119, 183-191. October.
  • Achmon, Yigal; Fernandez-Bayo, Jesús D., et al. (2017). "Weed seed inactivation in soil mesocosms via biosolarization with mature compost and tomato processing waste amendments." Pest Management Science 73(5): 862-873.
  • Dahlquist-Willard, Ruth; Marshall, Megan, et al. (2016). "Development and validation of a Weibull-Arrhenius model to predict thermal inactivation of black mustard (Brassica nigra) seeds under fluctuating temperature regimens." Biosystems Engineering 151: 350-360.

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