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Workgroup Information Avocado Pest Management
Summary	Identifies new directions for pest monitoring, detection and management in California avocado production.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Gary Bender (Chair)
Phone	(760) 752-4711
E-Mail	gsbender@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	San Diego North County Office
Location:	151 E. Carmel St. San Marcos, 92078

Membership List
AES Scientist
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.
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
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.
Faber, Ben		Ventura County
	Farm Advisor	Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
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
Eskalen, Akif		Plant Pathology
	Extension Subtropical Plant Pathologist	Subtropical Crops
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
Other ANR
Urena, Alan		UCR - Entomology
	SRA - Avocado Thrips Project	Pest management
Non-UC
Barcinas, Joe		Foothill Ag Research
	Pest Control Advisor	Pest Control Advisor
Machlitt, David		Private consultant
	Pest Control Adviser	Pest management
Roberts, Tom		Private consultant
	Pest Control Adviser	Pest managment
Witney, Guy		Calif. Avoado Commission
	Research Coordinator	Avocado production
Other UC
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 Members		15
ANR Members		11
Non-ANR		4
Info Only		0