Workgroup directory/information
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Workgroup Information Landscape |
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| Summary | Coordinate statewide research and education programs addressing issues such as water conservation, water quality, plant materials, management, and environmental quality. |
| Website: | http://groups.ucanr.org/LSWG/ |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Karrie Reid (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | 530-754-4883 |
| skreid@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | UC Davis Plant Sciences |
| Name | Steven Swain (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | (415) 473-4204 |
| svswain@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Marin County |
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Membership List |
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| Fujino, Dave | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Director, California Center for Urban Horticulture | ||
| Hachman, Mary | ||
| Master Gardener Coordinator | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| Berry, Alison | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Plant Biologist-AES | Assessment of nitrogen fixing plants, root and root nodule development, management of woody landscape plants, mistletoe control, biofuels | |
| Burger, David | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| AES Professor Horticulturist | Developmental physiology of woody perennials; plant propagation; turfgrass management | |
| McPherson, Greg | PSW, USDA Forest Service | |
| Director, Center for Urban Forest Research | ||
| Snyder, Richard | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| CE Biometeorology Specialist | Biometeorology, climatology, irrigation scheduling, freeze & frost protection, evapotranspiration modeling, effective rainfall, climatic risk analysis | |
| Wu, Lin | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Horticulturist-AES | Turfgrass breeding and management, ecological genetics and stress physiology, plant mineral nutrition and environmental stress physiology | |
| 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 | |
| Connell, Joseph | Butte County | |
| Farm Advisor and County Director | Almonds, olives, citrus, subtropicals, ornamentals | |
| Costello, Laurence | San Mateo-San Francisco Counties | |
| "Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus" | Urban forestry and landscape horticulture | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| Hasey, Janine | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor | Pomology, Horticulture, Master Gardener Program | |
| Haver, Darren | Orange County | |
| Water Resources/Water Quality Advisor and South Coast REC Director, Interim County Director, UCCE Orange | ||
| Hodel, Donald | Los Angeles County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Selection & management of palms and other woody ornamentals in the landscape | |
| Ingels, Chuck | Sacramento County | |
| Farm Advisor and Interim County Director - County | Tree crops, grapes and strawberries, environmental horticulture, and Master Gardeners/urban horticulture. Areas of research and extension focus include IPM, evaluation of sustainable products and practices, water conservation and deficit irrigation, home orchards and vineyards, sustainable landscaping, alternative turfgrass species, and tree training, pruning, and grafting. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Moratorio, Mario | Solano County | |
| Emeritus Small Farm Urban Horticulture Advisor | Small farms, grapes, urban horticulture and Master Gardener programs in Solano and Yolo. | |
| Perry, Ed | Stanislaus County | |
| County Director, Farm Advisor | Administration, Environmental Horticulture | |
| Pittenger, Dennis | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Area Environmental Horticulturist | Functional use of ornamental plants in urban landscapes. Landscape irrigation management, urban tree management, species selection, woody plant soil/root interactions. | |
| Reid, Karrie | UC Davis Plant Sciences | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | ||
| Shaw, David | San Diego North County Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Turfgrass, Landscape, Arboriculture, Irrigation Management | |
| Swain, Steven | Marin County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Advisor | ||
| Tjosvold, Steven | Santa Cruz County | |
| Farm Advisor | Environmental horticulture | |
| 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 | ||
| Baird, James | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Management and Assistant Turfgrass Horticulturist | Turfgrass Management | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| Wu, Laosheng | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor CE Water Management Specialist | Soil physics, vadose-zone hydrology, water quality, water management | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Baumbach, Jennifer | Solano County | |
| Master Gardener Program Coordinator | almost everything horticultural | |
| Dreistadt, Steve | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Principal Editor | IPM, ornamentals, landscape, biological control | |
| Mazalewski, Robert | ||
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| Non-UC | ||
| Frame, Kent | CA DWR | |
| Land and Water Use Scientist | CIMIS | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 47 | |
| ANR Members | 46 | |
| Non-ANR | 1 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
