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Workgroup Information Desert Formative |
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| $3,700 | |
| Summary | The Desert Workgroup brings together the diverse ANR personnel, cooperators from other institutions, and clientele interested in agricultural and natural resource issues in arid climates. In this first year of the new workgroup we will hold two meetings. The meeting at the UC Riverside will include research reports and will focus on future collaborative research and outreach projects. A less structured meeting will be held at this year's Desert Vegetable conference and will focus on outreach and collaborative projects with ANR and other institutions. |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Milton McGiffen (Chair) |
| Phone | (909) 560-0839 (951) 827-5989 |
| milt@ucr.edu | |
| Unit: | Botany & Plant Sciences |
| Location: |
Botany & Plant Sciences 2150 Batchelor Hall Riverside, 92521-0124 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Lynne Cochran |
| lynnec@ucr.edu | |
| Phone | 951-827-4430 |
| Membership List | ||
| Rao, Leela | Department of Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside | |
| Graduate Student | Nitrogen mineralization | |
| AES Scientist | ||
| Biging, Gregory | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor Associate Dean Forest | Biometrics research for developing long-term forecasting models of forest growth for major forest types in California; remote sensing research for utilizing advanced digital data in forest inventory and for wildlife habitat assessment | |
| Clegg, James | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Professor Cell Biologist-AES | Cell biology, comparative biochemistry and biophysics | |
| Close, Timothy | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Geneticist and Professor | Agricultural Plant Genetics | |
| Cooksey, Donald | Dean's Office CNAS | |
| AES Professor Divisional Dean Bacteriologist | Bacterial diseases; molecular biology, bactericide resistance; biological control | |
| Ehdaie, Bahman | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Specialist | ||
| Jenkins, Bryan | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | |
| Professor | Energy systems in agriculture; biomass fuel production, thermal conversion, and environmental impacts; combustion and gasification of biomass fuels; properties of fuels; system models. | |
| Knapp, Keith | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor | Water resource economics, agricultural production economics, economics of irrigation and drainage, crop-water production functions, agricultural commodity markets. | |
| Lovatt, Carol | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Plant Physiologist | Regulation of nucleotide and arginine metabolism, biochemistry of mineral nutrition, effects of stress on nitrogen metabolism, citrus and avocado physiology, including regulation of flowering, fruitset and fruit development | |
| Paw U, Kyaw Tha | Atmospheric Science Program | |
| Professor Associate Biometeorologist-AES | Biometeorology & boundary layer meteorology | |
| Perring, Thomas | Entomology CNAS | |
| Entomologist Professor of Entomology | Integrated management of insect and mite pests of vegetables; anthropod vectors of plant pathogens; whitefly biology | |
| Quiros, Carlos | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Geneticist-AES | Genetics of breeding of celery and brassicas, evolution of polyploids, molecular cytogenetics | |
| Roberts, Philip | Nematology Department - CNAS | |
| Nematologist & Professor of Nematology | Nematode host-parasite relations and pest management in field and vegetable crops | |
| Roberts, Justin | Biochemistry | |
| Professor Biochemist | The utilization of NMR spectroscopy to examine plant metabolism, plant responses to the environment | |
| Schwabe, Kurt | Environmental Sciences | |
| Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy | Alternative strategies for pollution control; environmental and natural resource valuation | |
| Stanghellini, Michael | Plant Pathology - CNAS | |
| Plant Pathologist & Professor | Ecology, epidemiology, and control of root-infecting soil-borne fungal plant pathogens | |
| Teuber, Larry | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor IV | Genetics and biology of: floral characters influencing alfalfa pollination by honey bees, gene flow in honey bee cross pollinated crops, resistance to lygus bugs and whiteflies, Director University of California Foundation Seed Progarm | |
| Trumble, John | Entomology CNAS | |
| Entomologist Professor | Plant compensation for insect herbivory; impact of air and heavy metal pollution on plant-insect interactions; biological and microbial control in sustainable agriculture; chemical ecology | |
| Waines, J | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Geneticist Professor Director-Botanic Gardens Herbarium | Cytogenetics, plant breeding and crop evolution-emphasis on wheat, beans,salvia, lilac, delphinium; roots, drought tolerance | |
| Walker, Gregory | Entomology CNAS | |
| Associate Entomologist Associate Professor | insect-plant interactions, plant resistance to piercing-sucking insects, transmission of plant pathogens by insect vectors | |
| Walling, Linda | Dean's Office CNAS | |
| Associate Dean Biological Sciences Professor of Genetics | Isolation and characterization of chlorophyll retention mutants, plastid biogeneses and gene expression, Genetics and molecular genetics pathogen infection and protection from infection, role of substrate adhesion molecules in plant developments | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Aguiar, Jose | Indio Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops and small farms | |
| Bali, Khaled | Imperial County | |
| Irrigation/Water Management Advisor | Irrigation and water management, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids | |
| Bell, Carl | San Diego County | |
| Regional Advisor, head quartered in San Diego | Invasive Plants | |
| Gispert, Carmen | Indio Office | |
| Area Viticulture/Pest Management Advisor | Wine and table grapes | |
| Hartin, Janet | San Bernardino County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Environmental horticulture, sustainable landscapes (irrigation and greenwaste management) | |
| Mauk, Peggy | Central Coast & South Region | |
| Regional Director - Central Coast and South Region | Leadership, personnel & fiscal administration, outreach, UC & DANR policies, member of DANR Program Council. Academic programs - - Citrus, avocados, & dates | |
| McArthur, Karl | San Bernardino County | |
| Desert Natural Resource Advisor | Policy Issues/Desert Regions of Tri-County area, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial | |
| Natwick, Eric | Imperial County | |
| Entomology Advisor | Entomology, Pest Management | |
| Takele, Etaferahu | Riverside County | |
| County Director/Area Advisor Farm Management/Agricultural Economics | Area Advisor - Farm Management /Agricultural Economics - Production economics, decision-making at the farm level, integrated input management, risk managementSubtropical Fruit Crops (Citrus, Avocados) Vegetable crops, Field CropsRiverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Imperial, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Los Angles, Orange and Ventura. | |
| Turini, Thomas | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Arpaia, Mary | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Subtropical Horticulturist | Evaluation of preharvest and postharvest factor on subtropical crop productivity and fruit quality, including rootstock, cultivar, irrigation, pesticide and nutrition management strategies | |
| Becker, J. Ole | Nematology Department - CNAS | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist & Nematologist | integrated pest management, biological control, interactions between plant-parasitic nematodes and soil-borne pathogens | |
| Ehlers, Jeff | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Associate Specialist | Plant Breeding of Grain Legumes | |
| Gan, Jay | Environmental Sciences | |
| CE Water Quality Specialist and Professor of Environmetnal Chemistry | Environmental risks and mitigation practices of pesticides, water and air quality issues related to pesticide uses, IPM practices | |
| Grantz, David | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Air Quality Effects Specialist Plant Physiologist Director KAC Academic unit | Physiological and management factors that determine air pollution effects on crop plants; environmental and stress physiology; interactions of agriculture and air quality | |
| Jackson, Lee | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist - Small Grains | Small Grains; Agronomy; Growth, development and plant breeding of small grains; small grain diseases; pathogen variability host resistance; genetics of host/parasite interaction; integrated pest management;integrated crop management; agricultural systems. | |
| McGiffen, Milton | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist | Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide | |
| Merhaut, Donald | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Extension Specialist for Nursery and Floriculture Crops | Plant Nutrition, Woody Ornamentals, Floriculture, Blueberry Production | |
| Ploeg, Antoon | Nematology CAES | |
| Associate Nematologist Associate CE Nematology Specialist | Nematode pest management in field and vegetable crops; virus transmission | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Amrhein, Christopher | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor Soil Chemist | Cation and anion exchange, dissolution and precipitation kinetics of soil minerals, influence of organic matter on soil chemical processes, saline and sodic soil reclamation | |
| Cochran, Lynne | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Administrative Assistant | ||
| Cockerham, Stephen | Dean's Office CNAS | |
| Superintendent | Agricultural operations, field stations, turfgrass research | |
| Gibeault, Victor | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Emeritus CE Environmental Horticulturist | The development and evaluation of warm- and cool-season turfgrass species and cultivars for California environments and uses. Cultural work on turfgrass emphasizes water use and irrigation strategies, integrated pest management techniques and wear tolerance | |
| Green, Robert | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Specialist Turf Agronomist | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
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| User, Unverified | ||
| Mathews, Deborah | Plant Pathology - CNAS | |
| Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Plant Pathology & Assistant Plant Pathologist - Ornamental Crops | Diseases of ornamental crops, Improving detection of viral pathogens, Characterization of new viruses | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Other UC | ||
| Bachie, Oli | UCR Department of Botany and Plant Sciences | |
| Graduate Student | Weed Science | |
| Dziuban, douglas | Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside | |
| Graduate Student | Plant Pathology | |
| Marushia, Robin | University of California Riverside | |
| Graduate Student in Invasive Weeds | Invasive weeds and restoration ecology in natural systems | |
| Stafford, Candace | Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside | |
| Graduate Student | Beet leafhopper and curly top virus | |
| Steers, Robert | Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside | |
| Graduate Student | Natural Resources, Restoration, Invasive Species | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 61 | |
| ANR Members | 51 | |
| Non-ANR | 10 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
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