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Workgroup Information Bioenergy Formative |
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| $11,000 | |
| Summary | The production and use of biofuel crops and biomass for energy will help Californians reduce their consumption of fossil carbon sources for energy and reduce the state’s contribution to global warming. A state-based crop and biomass based industry will develop successfully if crops and other biomass sources can be produced efficiently, profitably and sustainably. We believe it is vital for ANR and the University of California to be centrally involved with the rapidly developing biofuel industry in California. Through a new ANR Bioenergy Work Group (BEWG), we will link county based CE advisors, campus-based specialists, and campus-based researchers at the Davis, Berkeley and other UC campuses with farmers, developing bioenergy industries and policy makers in California. The BEWG will attempt to contribute in a significant way to the successful creation of a new bioenergy sector as part of California’s agricultural portfolio. The BEWG will assess the needs of industry groups for UC involvement and plan, carry out or otherwise help with targeted research to assist biofuel development in California. The BEWG will do outreach, create useful newsletters and publications, create in-service training opportunities and short courses for ANR personnel and others, and seek additional extramural funding to advance the work group’s objectives. By working with farmers and bioenergy industries to help create bioenergy systems through applied research, outreach and facilitation, the BEWG will insure that the University’s exceptional research and outreach capacities are used effectively to advance this important new area of public interest. Because of the urgency and speed with which state and campus-based efforts are developing, we believe it is important for ANR to quickly develop a leadership position and provide service in this important area of agriculture. |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Kent Brittan (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 666-8733 |
| klbrittan@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Yolo County |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Yolo County 70 Cottonwood Street Left Side Of Building Woodland, 95695 |
| Name | Stephen Kaffka (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 752-8108 |
| srkaffka@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Department of Plant Sciences |
| Location: |
Department of Plant Sciences One Shields Avenue 1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg Davis, 95616-8780 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Steve Kaffka |
| srkaffka@ucdavis.edu | |
| Phone | (530) 752-8108 |
| Membership List | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Dubcovsky, Jorge | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor | Wheat breeding and genetics | |
| Dvorak, Jan | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor V | Evolution of plant genomes and chromosomes; evolution of wheat and related species, construction of linkage maps based on molecular markers in wheat and related species in the tribe Triticeae; mechanisms of the action of the Ph1 gene of wheat on crossing over between homoeologous chromosomes; molecular mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in wheat and its improvement. | |
| Horwath, William | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| AES Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry Soil Biogeochemist | Stable isotope studies, soil organic matter dynamics, soil fertility, sustainable agriculture, water quality, plant-microbe interactions, soil microbial biomass, denitrification, residue decomposition, root turnover. | |
| 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. | |
| Labavitch, John | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Pomologist-AES | Developmental and regulatory biology postharvest biology of fruits - emphasis on cell wall polysaccharide metabolism and biochemistry of plant-pathogen and plant-insect interactions | |
| Six, Johan | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant Professor | ||
| van Kessel, Chris | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Chair Department of Plant Sciences | Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Brittan, Kent | Yolo County | |
| Yolo County Director & Farm Advisor for Field Crops | Small grains, corn and biofuel crops | |
| Canevari, Mick | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor County Director | Agronomy, Weed Control | |
| Carlson, Harry | Intermountain Research & Extension Center | |
| Center Director; Farm Advisor | Farm Advisor - Field and Vegetable Crops for Modoc/Siskyou Counties; Director Intermountain REC | |
| Frate, Carol | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Alfalfa, dry beans, sugarbeets, corn, plant pathology | |
| Guerrero, Juan | Imperial County | |
| Area Livestock Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Livestock; alfalfa and irrigated pasture; feedlot cattle; waste management; biosolids | |
| Hembree, Kurt | Fresno County | |
| Weed Management Farm Advisor | Weed management strategies in crop and non-crop settings | |
| 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 | |
| Mueller, Shannon | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Agronomy, alfalfa seed, hay production, seed certification, forage crops, pollination and honeybee management, oil seed crop production, and dry beans. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Sanden, Blake | Kern County | |
| Irrigation & Agronomy Farm Advisor | Irrigation, soil, water, agronomy, blackeyes, sugarbeets, safflower, alfalfa | |
| Schmierer, Jerry | Colusa County | |
| Agronomy Farm Advisor | Plant science, alfalfa, wheat,dry beans, corn, barley, and oil seed crops with speciality in precision agriculture and weed management. | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Goyal, Sham | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| AES Specialist | Regulation of nitrogen uptake, metabolism, and usage efficiency, physiology of abiotic stress (e.g., salinity) and tolerance, site-specific tillage for reduced energy input, and research and analytical techniques and instrumentation. | |
| Hutmacher, Robert | West Side Research & Extension Center | |
| Extension Cotton Specialist and Director, West Side REC | cotton production issues, water stress, nutrient mgmt | |
| 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. | |
| Kaffka, Stephen | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant CE Agronomist VI & Lecturer WOS | Works on sugar beets and safflower, particularly ways to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of producting these crops. Also works on water quality and agricultural drainage and salinity management. | |
| Mitchell, Jeffrey | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Cropping Systems Specialist | Vegetable cropping systems, irrigation management, soil quality, organic soil amendments, extension models, postharvest physiology | |
| Putnam, Daniel | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Program Leader-Agricultural Productivity (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources) | Extension Specialist, Alfalfa and forage crops systems, forage quality and utilization, alternative field crops, cellulosic energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus) crop ecology. | |
| Non-UC | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| 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. | |
| Williams, Robert | Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering | |
| Associate Development Engineer | Biofuel systems, engineering, policy | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 30 | |
| ANR Members | 27 | |
| Non-ANR | 3 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
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