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Workgroup Information Floriculture and Nursery |
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| Summary | Research and educational activities that address the needs of the floriculture and nursery production industries in California. |
| Website: | http://groups.ucanr.org/fngroup |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | J Lieth (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 752-7198 |
| jhlieth@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Department of Plant Sciences |
| Location: |
Department of Plant Sciences One Shields Avenue 1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg Davis, 95616-8780 |
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Membership List |
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| Sim, Susan | Foundation Plant Services - CAES | |
| Staff Research Associate | Virus diseases of horticultural crops, including grapevine, strawberry, rose, and sweet potato. Disease effects, transmission, and elimination using tissue culture. | |
| AES Scientist | ||
| Burger, David | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| AES Professor Horticulturist | Developmental physiology of woody perennials; plant propagation; turfgrass management | |
| Harding, James | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Geneticist-AES | Genetics and breeding of flower crops with emphasis on Gerbera | |
| 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. | |
| Lieth, J | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Crop Ecologist-AES CE Crop Ecologist | Crop ecology, systems analysis, greenhouse environment control systems, mathematical modeling, floriculture, ornamental and nursery crop production, computer programming, biomathematics, automatic drip irrigation, systems analysis. | |
| MacDonald, James | Plant Pathology - CAES | |
| Professor Plant Pathologist | Root disease of nursery and perennial crops | |
| Parrella, Michael | Entomology CAES | |
| Chair and Professor, Department of Entomology | Development of integrated pest management strategies on ornamental plants with an emphasis on biological control | |
| Redak, Richard | Entomology | |
| Entomologist Professor & Chair | Integrated management of insect pests on commercial floricultural and ornamental plants, ecology of plant-insect interactions within the urban/natural/agricultural interface, community ecology of insects, conservation biology | |
| 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. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Baameur, Aziz | Santa Clara County | |
| Farm Advisor | Small Farms, cultivar evaluation, nutrient management, irrigation, specialty crops, cucurbits, oriental vegetables | |
| Bethke, James | San Diego North County Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Nurseries and Floriculture | |
| 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. | |
| de la Fuente, Maria | Monterey County | |
| County Director Monterey - Farm & Master Gardener Advisor Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara Counties | Mushrooms, compost, specialty vegetables, nursery crops, plant pathology and soil microbiology. Urban Horticulture and Master Gardener Program Santa Clara. | |
| Malkin, Richard | ||
| Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
| Downer, A. James | Ventura County | |
| Acting County Director/Farm Advisor | Pathology of landscape ornamentals , Phytophthora Root Rot, Mulches, Potting soils, Palm horticulture, Arboriculture, Master Gardener Advisor. | |
| Fake, Cindy | Placer-Nevada Counties | |
| Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor | Commercial Horticultural Production | |
| Geisel, Pamela | Statewide Master Gardener Program | |
| Academic Coordinator Statewide Master Gardener Program and County Director, Glenn County | Statewide Master Gardener Program | |
| Giraud, Deborah | Humboldt County Office | |
| Farm and Community / Economic Development Advisor | Plant sciences, fruit trees, vegetables, community development, ornamentals | |
| Hartin, Janet | San Bernardino County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Environmental horticulture, sustainable landscapes (irrigation and soil/water relations; greenwaste management; integrated pest management stressing prevention) | |
| Haver, Darren | Orange County | |
| Water Resources/Water Quality Advisor and South Coast REC Director, Interim County Director, UCCE Orange | ||
| Henry, James | Riverside County | |
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Turf and landscape, Master Gardener Program | |
| Hodel, Donald | Los Angeles County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Selection & management of palms and other woody ornamentals in the landscape | |
| Kabashima, John | Orange County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Ornamental horticulture, nursery crops, pest management, exotic and invasive pests, water runoff, water quality | |
| Karlik, John | Kern County | |
| Extension Advisor | Environmental Horticulture/Environmental Science | |
| 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. | |
| Lazaneo, Vincent | San Diego County | |
| Home Horticulture Advisor | Urban horticulture and pest management education, Master Gardener Volunteer Program | |
| Le Strange, Michelle | Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable crops, turf & landscape management, weed management (vegetable crops, turf and ornamentals), Master Gardener Program Advisor | |
| Lobo, Ramiro | San Diego North County Office | |
| Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor | Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops | |
| 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 | |
| Newman, Julie | Ventura County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Farm Advisor | Floriculture and nursery production | |
| Perry, Ed | Stanislaus County | |
| County Director, Farm Advisor | Administration, Environmental Horticulture | |
| Roncoroni, John | Weed Science UCD | |
| SRA | weed control | |
| Shaw, David | San Diego North County Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Turfgrass, Landscape, Arboriculture, Irrigation Management | |
| Tjosvold, Steven | Santa Cruz County | |
| Farm Advisor | Environmental horticulture | |
| Warfield, Colleen | Alameda County | |
| Nursery Production and Floriculture Advisor | Plant Pathology; Ornamental Crops | |
| Wilen, Cheryl | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for ornamental plant production and maintenance including nurseries, greenhouses, field production, floriculture, turf and landscape, pesticide reduction and alternatives. Research specialty in weed management, snails & slugs. | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Ajwa, Husein | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist | Soil and Water Management. Methyl bromide alternatives. Cool-season vegetables. | |
| Becker, J. | Nematology Department | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist & Nematologist | integrated pest management, biological control, interactions between plant-parasitic nematodes and soil-borne pathogens | |
| Evans, Richard | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Environmental Horticulturist | Nursery crop production | |
| Flint, Mary | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Associate Director, Urban and Community IPM and Extension Entomologist | Integrated Pest Management, biological control, landscape and garden IPM, information dissemination and entomology. | |
| Gan, Jay | Environmental Sciences | |
| CE Water Quality Specialist and Professor of Environmental Chemistry | Environmental risks and mitigation practices of pesticides, water and air quality issues related to pesticide uses, IPM practices | |
| 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 | |
| Merhaut, Donald | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Extension Specialist for Nursery and Floriculture Crops | Plant Nutrition, Woody Ornamentals, Floriculture, Blueberry Production | |
| Oki, Lorence | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assoc Specialist in CE, Landscape Horticulture | Irrigation and runoff management in urban landscapes and nurseries; effect of water quality (salinity) on plant growth; evaluating Mediterranean climate adapted plants for use in landscape horticulture; introduction of plants for environmental horticulture. Additional unit assignment: Landscape Architecture Program | |
| Ploeg, Antoon | Nematology Department | |
| Associate Nematologist Associate CE Nematology Specialist | Nematode pest management in field and vegetable crops; virus transmission | |
| 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. | |
| Thompson, James | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | |
| Emeritus Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Postharvest operations including drying and refrigeration of fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, tree nuts, and grains; transportation of agricultural commodities; energy management and alternative energy systems. | |
| Wu, Laosheng | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor of Soil & Water Science/CE Water Management Specialist, | Soil Physics, Water Management, Water Reuse, Mathematical Modeling | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Dodge, Linda | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Staff Research Associate III | admin for University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA), Saratoga Endowment and Slosson Endowment | |
| Dreistadt, Steve | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Principal Editor | IPM, ornamentals, landscape, biological control | |
| Paulus, Albert | Plant Pathology | |
| Emeritus CE Plant Pathologist | Diseases of vegetables, field crops, strawberries | |
| Reid, Karrie | San Joaquin County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Landscape Horticulture | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Mathews, Deborah | Plant Pathology | |
| 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 | |
| Jiang, Cai-Zhong | ||
| Plant Physiologist | Plant molecular biology | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 55 | |
| ANR Members | 52 | |
| Non-ANR | 3 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |