Stephen Kaffka
Assistant CE Agronomist VI & Lecturer WOS
Department of Plant SciencesOne Shields Avenue
1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg
Davis, CA 95616-8780
(530) 752-8108
srkaffka@ucdavis.edu
Website
Specialty
Works on sugar beets and safflower, particularly ways to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of producting these crops. Also works on water quality and agricultural drainage and salinity management.Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Plant Commodities and Products
- Sugar Beets
- Field Crops - Other
- Forage Crops
- Vegetable Crops
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships
- Management of Saline and Sodic Soils and Salinity
ANR Publications
California Agriculture Article Contributions
- Can feedstock production for biofuels be sustainable in California?
- Saline water can be reused to irrigate sugarbeets, but sugar may be low
- Earlier irrigation cutoff for sugarbeets conserves water
- Farming in transition: Analysis – Scientists and farmers try new approach to researchpeer-reviewed
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Water Quality - Chair
- Bioenergy - Chair
- Agronomy Continuing Conference - Member
- Conservation Tillage - Member
- Linking Research & Education in Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology - Member
- Organic - Member
- Water Resources Coordinating Conference - Member
