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Workgroup Information Sub Tropical |
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| Summary | Develops collaborative research and extension projects and collects and disseminates information in support of production and marketing of diverse specialty crops in California. |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Akif Eskalen (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | (951) 827-3499 |
| akif.eskalen@ucr.edu | |
| Unit: | Plant Pathology |
| Name | Ben Faber (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | (805) 645-1462 |
| bafaber@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Ventura County |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Ventura County 669 County Square Drive, #100 Ventura, 93003-5401 |
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Membership List |
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| AES Scientist | ||
| Adaskaveg, James | Plant Pathology | |
| Full Professor Full Plant Pathologist | Mycology, plant pathology, ecology and epidimiology of fungi | |
| Cooksey, Donald | Plant Pathology | |
| Professor and Bacteriologist | Bacterial diseases; molecular biology, bactericide resistance; biological control | |
| Dandekar, Abhaya | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Geneticist-AES | Transfer expression and regulation of 'transgenes' in tree crops; identification/ modification of useful genetic traits through analysis/evaluation of transgenic plants; transgenes, gene transfer, transgenic plants, gene expression, gene regulation | |
| Douhan, Greg | Plant Pathology | |
| Assistant Professor Assistant Mycologist | Population biology, genetics, and ecology of plant pathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi. Rootstock breeding for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi. | |
| 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 | |
| Luck, Robert | Entomology | |
| Entomologist Professor of Entomology | Behavioral and evolutionary ecology; biological control; population dynamics; pest management; forest entomology | |
| Morse, Joseph | Entomology | |
| Entomologist and Professor of Entomology | Citrus and avocado pest management, biological control; applied insect ecology; pesticide impacts on natural enemies; resistance management | |
| Roberts, Philip | Nematology Department | |
| Chair, Nematologist & Professor of Nematology | Nematode host-parasite relations, genetics and pest management in field and vegetable crops | |
| Roose, Mikeal | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Professor of Genetics (Dept. Chair) | Plant breeding, especially citrus; genomics and evolution of citrus and asparagus; UCR asparagus breeding program | |
| Stanghellini, Michael | Plant Pathology | |
| Plant Pathologist & Professor | Ecology, epidemiology, and control of root-infecting soil-borne fungal plant pathogens | |
| Ullman, Diane | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Professor of Entomology | Insect vectors of plant pathogens: vector/pathogen interactions with an emphasis on virus pathogenesis in insect cells, vector biology and management of insect-transmitted pathogens in agricultural and ornamental ecosystems. | |
| Vidalakis, Georgios | Plant Pathology | |
| Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist & Assistant Plant Pathologist - Director Citrus Clonal Protection Program | Citrus pathology, detection and monitoring, viruses and viroids | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Bender, Gary | San Diego North County Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Subtropical horticulture, deciduous fruit trees, irrigation, water quality, pest management, root rot and pathology of avocados and citrus, avocado canopy management | |
| Bianchi, Mary | San Luis Obispo County | |
| Horticulture Farm Advisor | Horticulture, pomology, subtropicals, water management and water quality. Horticulture in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County. | |
| Connell, Joseph | Butte County | |
| Farm Advisor and County Director | Almonds, olives, citrus, subtropicals, ornamentals | |
| Faber, Ben | Ventura County | |
| Farm Advisor | Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. | |
| Gaskell, Mark | San Luis Obispo County | |
| Farm Advisor | Specialty crops, small fruit crops, vegetables, sustainable agriculture, small farms | |
| Kallsen, Craig | Kern County | |
| Farm Advisor | Citrus, subtropical horticulture and pistachios | |
| Lobo, Ramiro | San Diego North County Office | |
| Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor | Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops | |
| O'Connell, Neil | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Citrus, Avocado | |
| Phillips, Phil | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Area IPM Advisor, Emeritus | Extension of IPM information and adoption of IPM through demonstration and adaptive local research; in citrus, avocados, grapes, strawberries and vegetables | |
| 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. | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Arpaia, Mary | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension 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. | Nematology Department | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist & Nematologist | integrated pest management, biological control, interactions between plant-parasitic nematodes and soil-borne pathogens | |
| Cook, Roberta | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
| Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Food distribution, Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, International Competition and Trade, Mexican Horticultural Industry, Food safety | |
| Eskalen, Akif | Plant Pathology | |
| Extension Subtropical Plant Pathologist | Subtropical Crops | |
| Ferguson, Louise | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
| CE Pomologist | Pistachio, olive, citrus, fig and persimmon production; alternate bearing, mechanical pruning, mechanical harvesting, citrus Mandarins, root stocks | |
| Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth | Lindcove Research & Extension Center | |
| Director of Lindcove REC & Research Entomologist UC Riverside | Citrus Integrated Pest Management | |
| Harris, Linda | Food Science & Technology | |
| CE Specialist-Food Safety Microbiology | Microbial food safety throughout the food chain. Focus is the microbiology of fresh fruits and vegetables and tree nuts. | |
| Hoddle, Mark | Entomology | |
| Entomologist CE Entomology Specialist | Biological control of ornamental and agricultural pests. Pest and natural enemy biology and behavior. Assessing impact of natural enemies on pest population growth | |
| Mauk, Peggy | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Director of Agricultural Operations/Subtropical Horticulture CE Specialist | Citrus, avocados, and dates, crop production management, fiscal and personnel management | |
| Reid, Michael | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist | Postharvest biology and technology of ornamentals, cut flowers, flowering plants, foliage plants. Physiology of flowering and flowering control, chilling injury, mode of action of ethylene and inhibition of ethylene responses. | |
| Wu, Laosheng | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor of Soil & Water Science/CE Water Management Specialist, | Soil Physics, Water Management, Water Reuse, Mathematical Modeling | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Malkin, Richard | ||
| Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
| Cockerham, Stephen | Dean's Office CNAS | |
| Superintendent | Agricultural operations, field stations, turfgrass research | |
| Dodds, Allan | Plant Pathology | |
| Emeritus Professor Plant Pathologist | Plant virology, interactions between viruses in mixed infections, cross protection, satellite viruses, virus diseases of vegetable crops and citrus; detection of plant viruses | |
| Kahn, Tracy | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Principal Museum Scientist | Curator of the UCR Citrus Variety Collection and evaluates new citrus cultivars for the citrus industry. | |
| Semancik, Joseph | Plant Pathology | |
| Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist | Viroid synthesis and pathogenesis; host-viroid interactions; viroid diseases | |
| Shea, Tom | Riverside County | |
| Staff Research Associate Subtropical Horticulture Program | Citrus, avocado, dates | |
| Williams, Tim | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Staff Research Associate | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| Headrick, David | Cal Poly Entomology | |
| Professor | arthropod and weed BC | |
| Krueger, Robert | ||
| Horticulturist & Curator, USDA-ARS-NCGRCD | Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Citrus, Date Palms | |
| Polek, MaryLou | CDFA/CCTEA | |
| Research plant pathologist | citrus diseases | |
| Malkin, Richard | ||
| Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
| Other UC | ||
| Lynn-Patterson, Kris | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
| GIS Academic Coordinator | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 45 | |
| ANR Members | 41 | |
| Non-ANR | 4 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |