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Ajwa, Husein A.
831 755 2823
haajwa@ucdavis.edu

Soil and water management, methyl bromide alternatives, cool-season vegetables. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

 


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Barrett, Diane M.
530 752 4800
dmbarrett@ucdavis.edu
Effects of raw material characteristics (cultivar, maturity, organic/conventional production etc.) and processing (aseptic, canning, drying, freezing, high pressure, etc.) on color, texture, flavor and nutritional quality of fruit and vegetable products.
Berry, Steven L
530 752 1279
slberry@ucdavis.edu
Dairy management and health; records analysis; interrelationships of disease, management, and economics; hoof health and lameness in dairy cattle; infectious and non-infectious diseases; management factors; cow comfort, periparturitent diseases and their relationship to productivity and culling.
Blank, Steven C.
530 752 0823
sblank@primal.ucdavis.edu

Financial management, risk and decision-making, risk management tools, management methods
Bradley, Francine A
530 752 6316
Efficiency of California poultry and game bird producers, both commercial and non-commercial; management, biosecurity fertility and hatchability, niche marketing; youth programs; history of women in poultry production.
Bruhn, Christine M
530 752 2774
cmbruhn@ucdavis.edu
Consumer Issues in food safety and quality and new technolgies such as food irradiation and biotechnology.
Butler, Leslie J
530 752 3681
ljbutler@ucdavis.edu
 Dairy production, marketing and policy, agricultural and natural resource policy, biotechnology, technological change, public policy issues


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Campbell, David C
530 754 4328
dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu

Intersection between public policy and community development processes at the local level focusing on governance, civic engagement, citizenship, and economic development.
Cantwell, Marita
530 752 7305
micantwell@ucdavis.edu
Postharvest physiology, handling, and storage of vegetables, including specialty and fresh cut vegetables. Horticulture Section
Conte, Fred S
530 752 7689
fsconte@ucdavis.edu
Research interests: Software simulation for shellfish sanitation, information transfer and commercial sturgeon production.
Cook, Roberta L
530 752 1531
cook@primal.ucdavis.edu
Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, Food Distribution, International Competition and Trade, Mexican Horticultural Industry, Food safety
Craigmill, Arthur L
530 752 2936
alcraigmill@ucdavis.edu
Cooperative extension programs in human, veterinary and environmental toxicology. Field and laboratory research on pesticide biodegradation, and pharmacokinetics of chemical residues in livestock.
Crisosto, Carlos
559 646 6596
chcrisosto@uckac.edu
Postharvest handling systems to maintain quality and safety of stone fruit and kiwifruit. Horticulture Section

 

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Davis, Richard M
530 752 0303
rmdavis@ucdavis.edu
Diseases of vegetable and field crops, mushroom production.
Dejong, Theodore M
530 752 1843
tmdejong@ucdavis.edu
Environmental plant physiology; photosynthetic efficiency of tree crops relative to the utilization of nitrogen, water, and solar radiation. Horticulture Section
Dewees, C M
530 752 1497
cmdewees@ucdavis.edu 
Marine fisheries; human dimensions of fisheries management; commercial fisheries technology.
Ditomaso, Joseph M.
530 754 8715
jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu
Taxonomy, ecology, physiology, and control of rangeland, forestry and wetland weeds; poisonous plants. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section


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Evans, Richard Y
530 752 6617
ryevans@ucdavis.edu
Management of commercial flower and nursery crops; nutrition of ornamental plants; container soil-plant interactions; propagation, production, and field establishment of plants for ecological restoration. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Crop and Ecosystem Sciences

 

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Fennimore, Steven A.
831 755 2896
safennimore@ucdavis.edu
Integrated pest management of landscape, agricultural and garden pests; biological control of arthropod pests; alternatives to pesticides; adoption of alternative practices by practitioners; innovative delivery of pest management information.
Ferguson, Louise
559 737 3061
lferguson@uckac.edu
Pistachios, olives, figs, citrus, persimmons. Horticulture Section
Fidelibus, Matthew W
559 646 6510
mwf@uckac.edu
Applied and basic research on grapes for raisin, table, and wine.
Flint, Mary L
530 752 7692
mlflint@ucdavis.edu
Integrated pest management of landscape, agricultural and garden pests; biological control of arthropod pests; alternatives to pesticides; adoption of alternative practices by practitioners; innovative delivery of pest management information.


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George, Melvin R.
530 752 1720
mrgeorge@ucdavis.edu

Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality; rangeland management practices; ranch planning. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

Godfrey, Larry D
530 752 0473
ldgodfrey@ucdavis.edu
Integrated pest management of insects and mites in field and vegetable crops; plant (physiological and yield) response to insect injury, refinement of economic thresholds, IPM of field and vegetable crops.
Goldhamer, David A
530 752 5448
dagoldhamer@uckac.edu
Water management of horticultural crops; plant-water relations
Golino, Deborah A
530 754 8102
dagolino@ucdavis.edu
Fruit crop clean stock programs; Viral diseases of grapevines and fruit trees; Vector plant pathology; Phytosanitary regulations and law.
Grattan, Stephen R
530 752 4618
srgrattan@ucdavis.edu
Salinity effects on plants at the plant and field scale; agricultural drainage water reuse and management; salinity-trace element interactions in plants; evapotranspiration.
Grieshop, James I
530 752 3008
jigrieshop@ucdavis.edu
Community leadership, risk perception and health and safety, non-formal education, and communication and adoption of innovations.
Grosholz, Edwin D
530 752 9151
tedgrosholz@ucdavis.edu
 Population dynamics and community ecology, invasion biology, conservation biology and biodiversity of marine and estuarine systems, applications of ecological theory to coastal management problems.
Gubler, Walter D
530 752 0304
wdgubler@ucdavis.edu
Research interests include biology, epidemiology and control of foliar pathogens of fruit crops with emphasis on grapevine and strawberry diseases.


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Hardesty, Shermain Deus
530 752 0467
shermain@primal.ucdavis.edu
Cooperative Theory, Management and Finance, and Food Marketing and Policy
Harris, Linda J.
530 754 9485
ljharris@ucdavis.edu
Microbial food safety with emphasis on fruits, vegetables and tree nuts, applied microbiology
Harter, Thomas
530 752 6998
thharter@ucdavis.edu
Flow and transport processes in groundwater and in the vadose zone; non-point source pollution of groundwater; groundwater remediation; groundwater resources management; geostatistics; stochastic analysis; numerical modeling.
Hartz, Timothy K
530 752 1738
tkhartz@ucdavis.edu
Culture and management of warm season vegetables; soil and plant fertility; crop stand establishment. Horticulture Section
Hill, James E
530 752 3458
jehill@ucdavis.edu
Conducts research and education programs on rice based cropping systems with focus on production technologies such as direct seeding; weed control; nutrition; residue management; and the relationship of these factors to environmental quality. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
Hutmacher, Robert B
661 746 8020
rbhutmacher@ucdavis.edu
Conducts research and extension education programs in cotton production systems and irrigation management and plant water stress. In cotton, research efforts include varietal evaluations, irrigation and nutrient management, use of plant growth regulators, and cultural controls and host plant resistance to deal with specific fungal diseases. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section


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Jackson, Leland F
530 752 0701
lfjackson@ucdavis.edu
Growth development and plant breeding of small grain diseases; pathogen variability host resistance and genetics of host/parasite interaction; integrated pest management and integrated crop management; agricultural systems. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
Jackson, Louise E
530 754 9116
lejackson@uckac.edu
Soil microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling; Mycorrhizae; Plant water relations and nutrient uptake; Organic and conventional vegetable production; Reduced tillage systems; Grassland restoration ecology.
Johnson, R. Scott
559 646 6547
sjohnson@uckac.edu
Freestone peaches, nectarines, plums, kiwifruit, apples. Horticulture Section
Joy, Amy B
530 752 7959
abjoy@ucdavis.edu
Community nutrition, with an emphasis on improving the nutritional status of high risk audiences. Current areas of research are: (a) development and testing of nutrition education methodologies; (b) identification of dietary intake patterns and nutrition-related practices of high-risk audiences; (c) development of new ways to measure nutritional status; and (d) nutrition education interventions for improving nutritional status in high-risk audiences.

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Kader, Adel A
530 752 0909
aakader@ucdavis.edu
Quality of fruits and nuts in relation to their postharvest biology and technology. Horticulture Section
Kaffka, Stephen R
530 752 8108
srkaffka@ucdavis.edu
Investigates ways to improve crop production efficiency and environmental quality relative to crop prodution. Works at the commodity and farming systems levels. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
Kaiser, Lucia L.
530 754 9063
llkaiser@ucdavis.edu
Examining the impact of acculturation and food security on the child-parent feeding relationship among Latinos, developing tools to evaluate nutrition education, and evaluating lifeskills education on transition from welfare to work.
King, Nicelma J
530 752 3863
njking@ucdavis.edu
  Career and College Choice; Family Studies; Evaluating Human Resources Programs
Klonsky, Karen M
530 752 3563
klonsky@primal.ucdavis.edu
Farm management and Production, Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Agriculture


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Lanini, Wayne T
530 752 4476
wtlanini@ucdavis.edu
Low input weed control in vegetables and agronomic crops. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

Lanzaro, Gregory C.
530 752 5652
gclanzaro@ucdavis.edu
Population and molecular genetics of insect vectors of human disease
Lampinen, Bruce Douglas
530 752 2588
bdlampinen@ucdavis.edu
Coordination of extension teaching and research activities for almonds and walnuts on a statewide basis. Horticulture Section
Larson, Kirk
949 857 0136
kdlarson@ucdavis.edu
Strawberry biology and production management, and development of improved strawberry cultivars. Horticulture Section
Lieth, J H
530 752 7198
jhlieth@ucdavis.edu
Crop ecology of greenhouse and nursery crops; greenhouse environment control automation; modeling of ornamental crops; automated irrigation. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Crop and Ecosystem Sciences


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Meyer, Deanne
530 752 9391
dmeyer@ucdavis.edu
Animal waste management.
Mitcham, Elizabeth J
530 752 7512
ejmitcham@ucdavis.edu
Alternatives to postharvest chemicals for control of insects, decay and physiological disorders; fruit responses to postharvest handling systems. Apple, pear, cherry, blueberry, strawberry, table grapes, walnut, almond, pistachio, tropical fruit. Horticulture Section
Mitchell, Jeffrey P
559 646 6565
jpmitchell@uckac.edu
Conservation farming systems. Conservation tillage production alternatives. Air, soil and water quality in reduced till systems. Cropping diversity, rotations, and intensification in no-till production. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
Mitloehner, Frank M.
530 752 3936
FMMitloehner@ucdavis.edu
Air quality research related to livestock production, especially quantification of ammonia, dust, and odor emissions in dairies, beef feedlots, and poultry operations; environmental physiology research, focusing on effects of air emissions on animal health and welfare.
Mussen, Eric C
530 752 0472
ecmussen@ucdavis.edu
Managing honey bees and wild bees for maximum field production, while minimizing pesticide damage to pollinator populations.

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O'Geen, Anthony T.
530 752 2155
atogeen@ucdavis.edu
Soil-landscape relationships, hydropedology, application of digital soil databases, soil survey; pedologic and hydrologic characterization of deep regolith; management of soil physical properties; macro- and mesofauna in soil.
Oki, Lorence R
530 754 4135
lroki@ucdavis.edu
Irrigation managment in urban horticulture; water quality effects on plant growth; Evaluation and introduction of California native plants for use in landscape horticulture. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Crop and Ecosystem Sciences
Oltjen, James W
530 752 5650
jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu
On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.
Ontai-Grzebik, Lenna L
530 752 6410
lontaigrz@ucdavis.edu
Research focuses on understanding early socialization processes between parents and young children. This research program aims to understand factors that affect parents' socialization efforts such as income and cultural background. She is active in translating and disseminating current research findings in the areas of parenting, early social development and child care to programs for families with young children.


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Pettygrove, G. Stuart
530 752 2533
gspettygrove@ucdavis.edu
Soil fertility, nitrate and phosphate pollution of water, dairy manure management, precision agriculture and site-specific farming, land application of wastes and wastewaters.
Ponzio, Richard C
530 752 8824
rcponzio@ucdavis.edu
Development and assessment of science education and science literacy programs in non-school settings, developing critical thinking skills using science content and methodology, teacher education and teacher partnerships for inquiring into improved instruction strategies, school reform issues, using student portfolios for assessing accomplishment.
Prichard, Terry
209 468 2086
tlprichard@ucdavis.edu
Irrigation water management; water infiltration; crop water requirements.
Putnam, Daniel H
530 752 8982
dhputnam@ucdavis.edu
Alfalfa and forage crops systems, alternative field crops, crop ecology. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section


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Reid, Michael S
530 754 6751
msreid@ucdavis.edu
Postharvest technology; handling and marketing of environmental plants; postharvest physiology; physiology of flowering; chilling injury; action of ethylene; molecular biology of flower senescence. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Agricultural Plant Biology
Robinson, Peter H
530 754 7565
phrobinson@ucdavis.edu
On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.
Rosenberg, Moshe
530 752 4682
mrosenberg@ucdavis.edu
Food engineering, food technology, dairy chemistry, dairy technology, dairy products, food microstructure, microencapsulation.



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Salmon, Terrell P
858 694 2864
tpsalmon@ucdavis.edu
Ecology, behavior, population dynamics, and control of vertebrates with particular emphasis on those affecting agricultural production and public health. Population simulation and wildlife damage control decision-making models. Development of Integrated Pest Management programs for various wildlife species. Dissemination of information to agricultural producers, wildlife managers and others dealing with both new and existing techniques of reducing wildlife damage.
Schwankl, Lawrence J
559 646 6500
ljschwankl@uckac.edu
Drip, sprinkler, and flood irrigation systems with emphasis on irrigation of trees and vines. Irrigation system maintenance and chemigation. Irrigation scheduling using soil moisture monitoring and evapotranspiration techniques.
Snyder, Richard L
530 752 4628
rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu
Irrigation scheduling; freeze/frost protection; evapotranspiration modeling.
Subbarao, Krishnamurthy V
408 755 2890
kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu
Epidemiology and integrated control of fungal diseases of vegetables, cool-season vegetables, verticillium of strawberries, lettuce and other crops, methyl bromide alternatives.
Suslow, Trevor V.
530 754 8313
tvsuslow@ucdavis.edu
Integrated technologies for posthavest quality; postharvest pathology and biocontrol; food safety; postharvest quality and safety issues; refrigerated transportation. Horticulture Section


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Tate, Kenneth W.
530 754 8988
kwtate@ucdavis.edu
Rangeland hydrology, water quality, nonpoint source pollution, grazing management. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
Temple, Steven R
530 752 8216
srtemple@ucdavis.edu
Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, sustainable farming systems. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
Thompson, James F
530 752 6167
jfthompson@ucdavis.edu
Postharvest operations including drying and refrigeration of fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, tree nuts, and grains; transportation of agricultural commodities; energy management and alternative energy systems. 
Thompson, Lisa C
530 754 5732
lcthompson@ucdavis.edu
Adaptive management of anadromous and inland fish populations; population dynamics modeling; impacts of dams and other water diversions on aquatic ecosystems; lake fertilization; food webs in rivers, lakes and reservoirs; terrestrial-aquatic linkages in watersheds.
Townsend, Marilyn S.
530 754 9222
mstownsend@ucdavis.edu
Evaluation studies of intervention programs and integrates theories and methodologies from cognitive psychology with dietary behavior change strategies. Nutrition education (research and programs) with an emphasis on children and adolescents. She is involved in theory-driven program development and implementation, nutrition educational methodologies and program evaluation. Her work also involves health behavior change strategies.


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Van Eenennaam, Alison
530 752 7942
alvaneenennaam@ucdavis.edu
Animal genomics, biotechnology.


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Westerdahl, Becky B
530 752 1405
bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu
Applied nematology, integrated pest management; nematology extension.
Winter, Carl K
530 752 5448
ckwinter@ucdavis.edu
Food toxicology, risk assessment, risk communication.
Wolpert, James A
530 754 6245
jawolpert@ucdavis.edu
Improvement of cultural practices for winegrapes.

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Ajwa, Husein A.
831 755 2823
haajwa@ucdavis.edu
Soil and water management, methyl bromide alternatives, cool-season vegetables. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section


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Zalom, Frank G
530 752 0275
fgzalom@ucdavis.edu
Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Tree Crops, Small Fruits, and Vegetable Crops Entomology, Water Quality, Invasive Species

Zeidler, Gideon
951 827 5038
Gideon.Zeidler@UCR.edu
 Food quality processing and safety.
Zidenberg-Cherr, Sheri A
530 752 3817
sazidenbergcherr@ucdavis.edu
A major focus is the study of the nutritional status of populations considered at risk of nutritional deficiencies and exposure to environmental and physiological stresses. Another aspect involves the development and testing of new approaches to educate the public such as through the education of primary targets for consumer questions, i.e. physicians.

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Alumnus Bob Fletcher dies at 101; helped Japanese-Americans June 10, 2013
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Alumnus Bob Fletcher dies at 101; helped Japanese-Americans
June 10, 2013

Ignoring the resentment of neighbors, Bob Fletcher quit his job in the middle of World War II to manage the farms of Japanese families forced to live in internment camps.

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