UC-Desert Research & Extension Center

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As of May 13, 2013, Guangyao (Sam) Wang will be the vegetable specialist and director at UC Desert Research and Extension Center. His research and Extension program will focus on cultural practice, nutrient management, and crop rotation for vegetable crops in the desert production systems.

Wang received his Ph.D. in plant biology at UC Riverside in 2005. His dissertation research focused on competition of cowpea cover crop and weeds. During his PhD study, he also worked on cover cropping and crop rotation in vegetable crops at Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Center. Wang was a postdoctoral research on vegetable production at Michigan State University from 2005 to 2007.

Wang has been an Extension Specialist at University of Arizona’s Maricopa Agricultural Center since 2008, specializing in crop production, crop rotation, and development of new crops. Prior to moving to USA, Wang worked at Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences as a research and Extension scientist in crop protection and weed biology.

In addition to his Ph.D., Wang holds a B.S. in crop science from Shanxi Agricultural University (China), an M.S. in botany from China Agricultural University, and an M.S. in applied statistics from UC Riverside.

 Wang can be reached at (760) 356-3065.

 

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About ANR Desert REC

Located in the southern low desert area of California, the Desert Research & Extension Center (DREC) is a large and complex research center that provides professional management, land, labor and facilities for agricultural and environmental studies and educational outreach activities. DREC is comprised of 250 acres which accommodates 50 research projects year round including research conducted in vegetable crop breeding and culture, irrigation management, soil salinity, improved varieties of grain and forage crops, emerging bio-energy crops, feedlot cattle studies, and control of various insects and pests. Researchers include those from University of California campuses, Cooperative Extension, USDA, and Industry. DREC is home to the FARM SMART agricultural education program which conducts over 150 programs and reaches approximately 7800 students annually.

 

 

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