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Yu-Chen Wang

Farm Advisor Plant Pathology
UC Cooperative Extension Monterey County
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831)201-9689
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Also in:
San Benito County
Santa Cruz County

Education

M.S. Plant Protection, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 2022
M.S. Horticulture Crop Science, National Taiwan University. 2018

Discipline

Plant Pathology

Specialty

Plant pathology

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Wang, Yu-Chen; Mansouri, Mojtaba, et al. (2024). Effect of cultivar and temperature on disease development of Macrophomina root rot in Strawberry. Plant Health Progress.
  • Wang, Yu-Chen; Hewavitharana, Shashika, et al. (2024). Two-year survey of Botrytis fruit rot levels in commercial strawberry fields in California with and without fungicide applications. International journal of fruit science.
  • Zima, Hannah; Clark, Kelley, et al. (2023). Evaluation of spinach cultivars for downy mildew resistance in San Juan Bautista, CA 2022. Plant Disease Management Reports.

Non-Peer Reviewed

  • Bolda, Mark; Wang, Yu-Chen, et al. (2023). Comment on Biological Solutions for Central Coast Agriculture. Strawberries and Caneberries Blog. July 19. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=57189
  • Bolda, Mark; Wang, Yu-Chen (2023). Leaf Spot in Strawberry. Strawberries and Caneberries Blog. June 15. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=57159
  • Bolda, Mark; Wang, Yu-Chen (2023). Recent Occurance of Downy Mildew in Central Coast Blackberries. Strawberries and Caneberries Blog. May 1. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=56782
  • Smith, Richard; Dundore-Arias, JP, et al. (2022). 2022 Lettuce Variety Tolerance to Pythium Wilt. Salinas Valley Agriculture Blog.
  • Wang, Yu-Chen; Hewavitharana, Shashika, et al. (2022). California survey of Botrytis fruit rot levels in commercial strawberry fields with and without fungicide applications. Phytopathology. 112:S3.1.
  • Westphal, Andreas; Wang, Yu-Chen, et al. (2022). Cover cropping for nematode management in nut crop production. 7th International Congress of Nematology.
  • Wang, Yu-Chen; Hewavitharana, Shashika, et al. (2022). Host plant resistance for management of Macrophomina root rot in California strawberry. Phytopathology. 112:S3.1.
  • Wang, Yu-Chen; Smith, Richard, et al. (2022). Infections of INSV on spinach and celery. Salinas Valley Agriculture Blog.
  • Wang, Yu-Chen; Thoden, Tim, et al. (2022). Sensitivity of Pratylenchus vulnus to Salibro nematicide in vitro and in planta. 7th International Congress of Nematology.

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