University of California
Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Farm Advisor
Cooperative Extension Monterey County1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 759-7357
rifsmith@ucanr.edu
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Also in:
Santa Cruz County
Vegetable Research & Information Center
Weed Research & Information Center
San Benito County
Specialty
Vegetable Crop Production & Weed ScienceEducation
--, UC Davis. 1985
Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Wine Grapes
- Celery
- Peppers
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Alliums
- Onions
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Plants and Their Systems
- Plant Management Systems
- Weeds Affecting Plants
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships
ANR Publications
- Asparagus Production in California
- Asparagus: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Broccoli Production in California
- Carrot: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Chile Pepper Production in California
- Cilantro Production in California
- Cole Crops: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Cover Cropping for Vegetable Production
- Fresh-Market Bulb Onion Production in California
- Green Onion Production in California
- Iceberg Lettuce Production in California
- Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries
- Leaf Lettuce Production in California
- Onion/Garlic: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Organic Vegetable Production Manual
- Peppers: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Spinach Production in California
- Spinach: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Strawberry: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Sugar Pine: Status, Values, and Roles in Ecosystems
- Weeds of California and Other Western States
California Agriculture Article Contributions
- Vineyard floor management affects soil, plant nutrition, and grape yield and quality
- Post-emergence herbicides are cost effective for vineyard floor management on the Central Coast
- Rust disease continues to threaten California garlic crop
- New specialty potato varieties give farmers growing and marketing options
- Several fungicides control powdery mildew in peppers
- Celery petiole lesion damage caused by insecticide
- Cover crops can increase lettuce drop
- On-farm nitrogen tests improve fertilizer efficiency, protect groundwater
- In lettuce production, winter cover crops can decrease soil nitrate, leaching potential
- Resistant cultivars, fungicides combat downy mildew of spinach
- Analysis: Demonstration projects compared
- Subsurface drip produced highest net return in Westlands area study
- Water seepage from unlined ditches and reservoirs
- Growth regulator controls tomato transplant height
- Revegetation of serpentine soils: Difficult but not impossible
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Agronomy Continuing Conference - Member
- Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) - Member
- California Communities - Member
- Conservation Tillage - Member
- Linking Research & Education in Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology - Member
- Organic - Member
- Peppers - Member
- Pest Management in ANR - Member
- Small Farm - Member
- Small Grain - Member
- Vegetable Crop Coordinating Conference (VCCC) - Member
- Weed - Member