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Small Grain

Summary Exchange information on current and planned research, develop priorities for future research, provide training for farm advisors, and produce needed publications.
Website:  http://agric.ucdavis.edu/crops/cereals/sgwgds99.htm
 
Workgroup Chair Information
Name Lee Jackson (Chair)
Phone (530) 752-0701
E-Mail lfjackson@ucdavis.edu
Unit: Department of Plant Sciences
Location: Department of Plant Sciences
One Shields Avenue
1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg
Davis, 95616-8780
 
Membership List
 
AES Scientist
Bamforth, Charles Food Science & Technology
  Professor  and   brewing scientist Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Science Malting and brewing; enzymology of malt and wort production, especially cell wall degradation systems and oxidoreductases; beer foam; oxygen radicals and flavor instability; Beer and health
Close, Timothy Botany & Plant Sciences
  Geneticist and Professor Agricultural Plant Genetics
Dubcovsky, Jorge Department of Plant Sciences
  Professor Wheat breeding and genetics
Ehdaie, Bahman Botany & Plant Sciences
  Specialist
Gallagher, Lynn Department of Plant Sciences
 
Lukaszewski, Adam Botany & Plant Sciences
  Geneticist   Professor Plant Cytogenetics
Malkin, Richard
  Professor Emeritus Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes
McGuire, Patrick Department of Plant Sciences
  Genetics, genetic resources conservation, conservation biology, conservation genetics
Qualset, Calvin
  Director Emeritus-Genetic Resources Conservation Program Professor Emeritus Research Professor Agronomy, genetics, quantitative inheritance, plant breeding; plant genetic resources
Waines, J. Giles Botany & Plant Sciences
  Geneticist Professor Director-Botanic Gardens and Herbarium Cytogenetics, plant breeding and crop evolution-emphasis on wheat, beans,salvia, lilac, delphinium; roots, drought tolerance
CE Advisor
Bali, Khaled Imperial County
  Irrigation/Water Management Advisor and County Director. Interim Director UC Desert Research and Extension Center Irrigation and water management, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Brittan, Kent Yolo County
  Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops Small grains, corn and biofuel crops
Campbell-Mathews, Marsha Stanislaus County
  Farm Advisor Field crops
Canevari, Mick San Joaquin County
  Farm Advisor Emeritus 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
Collar, Carol Kings County
  Farm Advisor Dairy, livestock and forage
Fulton, Allan Tehama County
  Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor
Garcia, Emeritus, Sergio San Benito County
  Farm Advisor, Emeritus -   Livestock   Range and Natural Resources
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
Marsh, Brian Kern County
  Farm Advisor Agronomy, cotton, small grains, corn and silage, weed control
Munier, Douglas Glenn County
  Farm Advisor Agronomy-cotton, corn, wheat, clover seed, safflower, sunflower, and dry beans
Mutters, Randall Butte County
  Farm Advisor Rice, winter cereals, turf
Natwick, Eric Imperial County
  Entomology Advisor Entomology, Pest Management
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
Schmierer, Jerry Colusa County
  Farm Advisor Emeritus Plant science, alfalfa, wheat,dry beans, corn, barley, and oil seed crops with speciality in precision agriculture and weed management.
Smith, Richard Monterey County
  Farm Advisor Vegetable Crop Production & Weed Science
Wilson, Rob Intermountain Research & Extension Center
  Intermountain REC Director/Farm Advisor weed managment in potatoes, onions, mint, forages, and range/wildlands
Wright, Steven Tulare County
  Farm Advisor- Tulare and Kings Counties Cotton, small grains, weed control
CE Specialist
Davis, R Plant Pathology - CAES
  CE Plant Pathologist Diseases of vegetable & field crops
Godfrey, Larry Entomology
  CE Specialist Extension Entomoogy Specialist
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.
Lemaux, Peggy Plant & Microbial Biology
  CE Specialist Agriculture and Biotechnology
Mitchell, Jeffrey Kearney Agricultural Center
  CE Cropping Systems Specialist Vegetable cropping systems, irrigation management, soil quality, organic soil amendments, extension models, postharvest physiology
Pettygrove, G. Land, Air & Water Resources
  CE Soils Specialist Soil fertility; land application of wastes and wastewater; dairy manure; winegrape nutrition; precision agriculture.
Other ANR
Chicaiza, Oswaldo Plant Sciences, UCD
  Staff Research Associate wheat breeding
Prato-Mayo, Diane Plant Sciences, UC Davis
  Lab/Field Assistant Germplasm evaluation and management
Vogt, Herb Plant Sciences, UC Davis
  Staff Research Associate cereal breeding
Non-UC
Anderson, Olin USDA-WRRC
  Research Scientist Wheat genomics
Bleckl, Ann USDA-WRRC
  Research Scientist Molecular genetics
DuPont, Frances USDA-WRRC
  Research Scientist Molecular genetics, wheat quality/environment
Fernandez, Bonnie Californa Wheat Commission
  Executive Director Wheat production and utilization
Huang, Sam California Wheat Commission
  Lab Director, California Wheat Commission Wheat Quality
Stewart, Robert Department of Plant Sciences
  Program Advisor Seed Certification
Stewart, Don
 
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Other UC
(info only) Filmer, Ann Dean's Office CA&ES
  Director of Communications 1) Information dissemination to stakeholders; 2) Floriculture production, postharvest handling of ornamentals
Membership Totals
Number of Members46
ANR Members38
Non-ANR8
Info Only1
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