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Workgroup Information Spray Application Technology Formative |
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| $4,000 | |
| Summary | The goal of this workgroup is improved pesticide and nutrient application efficiency in all settings in California. Progress towards this goal will reduce grower/applicator costs and the pollution potential from off-site movement of the spray material. |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 2005 2004 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Franz Niederholzer (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 822-7515 |
| fjniederholzer@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Sutter-Yuba Counties |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba Counties, Sutter County Agricultural Building 142 Garden Highway Suite A Yuba City, 95991-5512 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Franz Niederholzer |
| fjniederholzer@ucdavis.edu | |
| Phone | (530) 822-7515 |
| Membership List | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| Giles, Durham | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | |
| Professor | Engineering for pest control and plant protection; development of target sensing and sprayer control systems; handling and distribution of biological pest control agents; automation of pest control operations. | |
| Morse, Joseph | Entomology CNAS | |
| Entomologist and Professor of Entomology | Citrus and avocado pest management, biological control; applied insect ecology; pesticide impacts on natural enemies; resistance management | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Aegerter, Brenna | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crops, Plant Pathology | |
| Baameur, Aziz | Santa Clara County | |
| Farm Advisor | Small Farms, cultivar evaluation, nutrient management, irrigation, specialty crops, cucurbits, oriental vegetables | |
| Beede, Robert | Kings County | |
| Farm Advisor | Tree fruit, nuts, grapes | |
| Bolda, Mark | Santa Cruz County | |
| Farm Advisor Strawberries & Caneberries | ||
| Brittan, Kent | Yolo County | |
| Yolo County Director & Farm Advisor for Field Crops | Small grains, corn and biofuel crops | |
| (info only) Connell, Joseph | Butte County | |
| Farm Advisor | Almonds, olives, citrus, subtropicals, ornamentals | |
| Coviello, Richard | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor Emeritus | Entomology, pest management | |
| Faber, Ben | Ventura County | |
| Farm Advisor | Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals | |
| Gispert, Carmen | Indio Office | |
| Area Viticulture/Pest Management Advisor | Wine and table grapes | |
| Grant, Joseph | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | walnuts, cherries, olives, miscellaneous fruits; fruit crops, integrated pest management | |
| Greer, Christopher | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor - Rice Farming Systems | Rice - Pest management, cultural practices, environmental interactions | |
| Hembree, Kurt | Fresno County | |
| Weed Management Farm Advisor | Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings | |
| Ingels, Chuck | Sacramento County | |
| Farm Advisor | Tree crops, grapes and strawberries, environmental horticulture, and Master Gardeners/urban horticulture. Areas of research and extension focus include IPM, evaluation of sustainable products and practices, water conservation and deficit irrigation, home orchards and vineyards, and tree training, pruning, and grafting. | |
| Marcum, Daniel | Shasta-Lassen Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Irrigation, plant nutrition, salinity, entomology, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, vegetable crops, engineering, plant pathology, integrated pest management, systems management, economics, weed control, nematology, strawberry nursery production, garlic, wild rice, alfalfa, timothy, sugarbeet, pasture, range, biodiversity, peppermint, viticulture | |
| Miyao, Gene | Yolo County | |
| Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops | Processing tomato production. | |
| Munier, Douglas | Glenn County | |
| Farm Advisor | Agronomy-cotton, corn, wheat, clover seed, safflower, sunflower, and dry beans | |
| Munk, Daniel | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Cotton Production Systems, Irrigation and Drainage, Soil Quality and Tillage | |
| Natwick, Eric | Imperial County | |
| Entomology Advisor | Entomology, Pest Management | |
| Niederholzer, Franz | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor Orchard Systems | Prunes, almonds, pears, apple, cherry, olive, plum, citrus, and pomegranate | |
| O'Connell, Neil | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Citrus, Avocado | |
| Orloff, Steve | Siskiyou County | |
| County Director/Farm Advisor | Conducts research & educational program with alfalfa, small grains, irrigated pasture, and noncrop weed control with emphasis on variety adaptation, pest management, irrigation, and general production practices | |
| Pickel, Carolyn | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Area IPM Advisor | IPM programs | |
| Roncoroni, John | Napa County | |
| Weed Science Farm Advisor | Weed Control and Vegetation Management in Perennial Crops, Covercrops and Aquatic and Riparian Weed Control | |
| Smith, Rhonda | Sonoma County | |
| Viticulture Farm Advisor | Viticulture, wine grapes, water management, pest management, vine nutrition | |
| Vargas, Ronald | Madera County | |
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Field crops, cotton production, weed control | |
| Vasquez, Stephen | Fresno County | |
| Viticulture Farm Advisor | Viticulture and Grape Pathology | |
| Verdegaal, Paul | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Viticulture, almonds | |
| Wilson, Rob | Intermountain Research & Extension Center | |
| Intermountain REC Director/Farm Advisor | weed managment in potatoes, onions, mint, forages, and range/wildlands | |
| Wunderlich, Lynn | El Dorado County | |
| Farm Advisor | Viticulture for the foothill counties, Pomology- primarily pome and stone fruit pest and production management; Horticulture-UCCE Master Gardener Program oversight and training; Specialty Crops-production and management of Christmas trees, olives, blueberries, and other specialty crops of the foothills. | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Allen, Edith | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Natural Resources Specialist & Professor of Plant Ecology | ||
| Crisosto, Carlos | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Postharvest Physiologist | Extension and research on postharvest biology and technology of fruits; fruit quality and deterioration and handling systems | |
| Fidelibus, Matthew | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| Associate CE Specialist | Raisin, table and wine grape production,fruit quality, whole-plant physiology, plant growth regulators, weeds. | |
| Garbelotto, Matteo | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Extension Specialist in Forest Pathology and Adjunct Professor | Forest pathology and mycology | |
| Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth | Lindcove Research & Extension Center | |
| Director of Lindcove Research and Extension Center and Extension Specialist & Research Entomologist Kearney Ag Center | Citrus Integrated Pest Management | |
| Johnson, Scott | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Pomologist, Interim Director KAC Academic Unit | Irrigation, fertilization, fruit thinning, rootstocks and fruit growth of peach, plum, nectarine and kiwifruit; Davis campus specialist | |
| Lanini, W | Weed Science Program | |
| CE Weed Ecologist | Ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture | |
| McGiffen, Milton | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist | Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide | |
| VanSteenwyk, Robert | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| CE Entomologist | Deciduous fruits, nuts and vines | |
| Zalom, Frank | Entomology CAES | |
| CE Specialist, Entomologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor | Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest Management | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Cohen, Susan | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Senior Writer (Pesticide Safety) | Pesticide Compendia; Pesticide Safety Training Resources | |
| Dreistadt, Steve | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Principal Editor | IPM, ornamentals, landscape, biological control | |
| Melnicoe, Rick | Pesticide Information & Coordination | |
| Director | Coordinate and review Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, activities pertaining to pesticide research, experimentation and use. Provide statewide coordination of pesticide experimentation by UC Cooperative Extension; Quality assurance of DANR publications recommending pesticide uses; Quality assurance of DANR pest management guidelines; Advise UC AES and Cooperative Extension personnel on matters pertaining to safe and legal use of pesticides for research, d | |
| Sams, Judy | ||
| Program Representative | Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center | |
| Non-UC | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| DeSousa, Richard | ||
| Foth, Glen | ||
| Hoheisel, Gwen | ||
| WSU Extension Educator | Tree Fruit, Grapes | |
| Jenkins, Jeff | ||
| Professor | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | |
| Ludwig, Gabriele | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| mulvaney, sean | ||
| sales manager | spraying equipment | |
| Obenauf, Gary | ||
| Director of Research | ||
| rackerby, matt | ||
| Rear, Jeffrey | ||
| Robertson, Mark | ||
| PhD | Pest Managment | |
| Shrestha, Anil | Integrated Pest Management | |
| IPM Weed Ecologist | Development and implementation of IPM strategies and tactics for vegetation management. Primary crops corn, cotton, tree fruit, grape, tomato. | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Wolf, John | ||
| Other UC | ||
| Michailides, Themis | Kearney Agricultural 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. | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 64 | |
| ANR Members | 46 | |
| Non-ANR | 18 | |
| Info Only | 1 | |
