Workgroup directory/information
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Workgroup Information Rice |
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| Summary | Facilitates collaborative research and educational activities involving Cooperative Extension and AES personnel that address topics related to rice production, such as sustainable farming practices, management of herbicide resistant weeds, integration of waterfowl into rice cropping systems, application of remote sensing to site specific farming, post harvest technology, food processing, and natural resource management. |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Luis Espino (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 458-0578 |
| laespino@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Colusa County |
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Membership List |
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| AES Scientist | ||
| Eadie, John | Animal Science | |
| Professor | Waterfowl; avian behavior and ecology; population genetics; wetland and riparian ecology; molecular ecology. | |
| Fischer, Albert | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor | ||
| Horwath, William | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| AES Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry Soil Biogeochemist | Stable isotope studies, soil organic matter dynamics, soil fertility, sustainable agriculture, water quality, plant-microbe interactions, soil microbial biomass, denitrification, residue decomposition, root turnover. | |
| 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. | |
| Plant, Richard | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| AES Professor Quantitative Analyst | Application of systems analysis to crop and resource management; including statistics, geographic information systems, and mathematical modeling. | |
| Sumner, Daniel | Agricultural Issues Center | |
| Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center and Frank Buck Jr. Chair Professor | National and International Agricultural Policy | |
| SUNDARESAN, VENKATESAN | Plant Biology CBS | |
| Professor | ||
| van Kessel, Chris | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Chair Department of Plant Sciences | Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Espino, Luis | Colusa County | |
| Rice Farm Advisor | Entomology, Agronomy | |
| Greer, Christopher | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| County Director - Sutter-Yuba and Colusa Counties | Rice Farming Systems Advisor - Pest management, cultural practices, environmental interactions | |
| Leinfelder-Miles, Michelle | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Crop Production, Soil and Water Quality, the Delta | |
| Mutters, Randall | Butte County | |
| Farm Advisor | Rice, winter cereals, turf | |
| Nader, Glenn | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| 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. | |
| Godfrey, Larry | Entomology | |
| CE Specialist | Extension Entomoogy Specialist | |
| Hill, James | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist | Conducts research and education programs on rice-based cropping systems with focus on production technologies such as direct seeding; weed control; nutrition; residue management and the relationship of these factors to environmental quality. | |
| Lemaux, Peggy | Plant & Microbial Biology | |
| CE Specialist | Agriculture and Biotechnology | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Shoemaker, Charles | Food Science & Technology | |
| Professor Food Scientist | Food rheology; interfacial phenomena in food systems; microcomputer technology in food analysis and process control | |
| Stogsdill, Ray | ||
| Research Assistant | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| Buttner, Paul | California Rice Commission | |
| Environmental Affairs Manager | Industry relations, environment issues | |
| firoved, roberta | CA Rice Commission | |
| Environmental regulations | ||
| Hargrove, Keith | Farmers Rice Cooperative | |
| Vice President | milling and storage | |
| Jodari, Farman | CA Rice Experiment Station | |
| Plant Breeder | Plant genetics, plant breeding | |
| Johnson, Tim | California Rice Commission | |
| CEO | Industry/government relations, marketing | |
| McKenzie, Kent | CA Rice Experiment Station | |
| Director | Genetics, plant breeding | |
| Oster, Jeff | CA Rice Experiment Station | |
| Plant Pathologist | Plant pathology | |
| Stewart, Robert | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Program Advisor | Seed Certification | |
| Tai, Thomas | USDA | |
| Geneticist | molecular biology Assoc. AES -- rice pathology 530-752-8303 - lab | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Other UC | ||
| Brodt, Sonja | Sustainable Agricultural Research & Education Program | |
| Academic Coordinator | Agriculture, Resources, and the Environment | |
| Eckert, James | ||
| Filmer, Ann | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Director of Communications | 1) Information dissemination to stakeholders; 2) Floriculture production, postharvest handling of ornamentals | |
| Pan, Zhongli | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | |
| Adjunct Professor | Improving the value of agricultural products and their components through new and improved postharvest and processing technologies. | |
| Rousseau, Robert | Department of Plant Science, UCD | |
| doctoral candidate | ||
| Wennig, Ray | Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis | |
| SRA | rice agronomy, variety development | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 36 | |
| ANR Members | 25 | |
| Non-ANR | 11 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
