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Workgroup Information Peppers Formative |
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| $3,800 | |
| Summary | In 2004, Peppers were one of the top twenty crops produced in California. This workgroup will focus on all pepper types and address regional and statewide problems affecting this crop. Specific issues to be addressed are: a. Breeding and Genetics b. Horticultural Management and Production c. Integrated Pest Management d. Post Harvest and Food Safety |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Jose Aguiar (Chair) |
| Phone | (760) 342-2467 |
| jlaguiar@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Indio Office |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Riverside County, Indio Office 81-077 Indio Blvd. Suites H, I, J Indio, 92201-1994 |
| Name | Joe Nunez (Chair) |
| Phone | (661) 868-6222 |
| jnunez@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Kern County |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Kern County 1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue Bakersfield, 93307 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Jose Aguiar |
| jlaguiar@ucdavis.edu | |
| Phone | (760) 863-7949 |
| Membership List | ||
| Bi, Jianlong | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor Entomology | Entomology | |
| AES Scientist | ||
| DeJong, Theodore | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor CE Pomologist-AES Plant Physiologist-AES | Environmental physiology; crop physiology; carbon partitioning and crop modeling; pomology; physiology and management of fruit tree crops; peach rootstock development and physiology; dried plum breeding | |
| Quiros, Carlos | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Geneticist-AES | Genetics of breeding of celery and brassicas, evolution of polyploids, molecular cytogenetics | |
| 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 | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Aegerter, Brenna | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crops, Plant Pathology | |
| Aguiar, Jose | Indio Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops and small farms | |
| Baameur, Aziz | Santa Clara County | |
| Farm Advisor | Small Farms, cultivar evaluation, nutrient management, irrigation, specialty crops, cucurbits, oriental vegetables | |
| Dara, Surendra | Santa Barbara County | |
| Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor | Entomology | |
| Daugovish, Oleg | Ventura County | |
| Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor | Ag and Environmental Issues for Veg Crops and Strawberries | |
| de la Fuente, Maria | San Benito County | |
| Farm Advisor San Benito and Santa Clara Counties | Mushrooms, compost, specialty vegetables, plant pathology and soil microbiology. | |
| Jimenez, Manuel | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Small farms, vegetable crops, integrated pest management | |
| Koike, Steven | Monterey County | |
| Plant Pathology Farm Advisor | Plant pathology research and education for vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops; plant disease diagnostics; food safey research and extension. | |
| Le Strange, Michelle | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops, turf & landscape management, weed management (vegetable crops, turf and ornamentals), Master Gardener Program Advisor | |
| Miyao, Gene | Yolo County | |
| Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops | Processing tomato production. | |
| Molinar, Richard | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Small farms, vegetable crops, organic farming, insect/weed management, specialty crops, sugar peas, strawberries, eggplant, squash, Asian vegetables such as basil, lemongrass, green beans, long beans, gailon, bittermelons, refugee farmers, Hmong, Lao, fluent in Spanish | |
| Natwick, Eric | Imperial County | |
| Entomology Advisor | Entomology, Pest Management | |
| Nunez, Joe | Kern County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops | |
| Smith, Richard | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science | |
| Turini, Thomas | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Cantwell, Marita | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Vegetable Specialist | Postharvest physiology, handling, and storage of vegetables, including specialty and fresh cut vegetables. | |
| Davis, R | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
| CE Plant Pathologist | Diseases of vegetable & field crops | |
| Hartz, Timothy | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Vegetable Crops Specialist | Improved management regimes for commercial vegetable production, cultural practices for warm-season vegetable crops | |
| McGiffen, Milton | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist | Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide | |
| Suslow, Trevor | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Postharvest pathology, Microbial food safety, postharvest transportation | ||
| Other ANR | ||
| Coffey, Michael | Plant Pathology - CNAS | |
| Professor Plant Pathologist | Phytophthora and Powdery Mildew Diseases and their control: Taxonomy, Systematics, Phylogeny and Molecular Diagnosis of Phytophthora. Powdery mildews: disease resistance, fungicides | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Jiang, Junda | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| 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 | |
| Other UC | ||
| Gilbertson, Robert | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
| Associate Professor | Seed pathology, virology | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 28 | |
| ANR Members | 26 | |
| Non-ANR | 2 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
