EMERITI FACULTY
Adams, Douglas O. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Characterization of biochemical pathways and enzyme systems that influence maturation and metabolism of grapes and grapevines. Particular emphasis is given to elucidation of pathways producing important end-products in vinifera grapes, and biochemical changes that occur in table and raisin grapes after harvest.
Berry, Alison M. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Assessment of nitrogen-fixing landscape plants; cellular and molecular studies of root and nodule development; tree architecture and tree hazards; urban ecology.
Burger, David W. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Woody plant developmental physiology; cell and tissue culture; plant propagation; water use in container-grown nursery plants.
Cantwell, Marita I. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Preharvest factors affecting postharvest quality; postharvest recommendations for specialty vegetables; alternatives to postharvest fungicides and quarantine fumigants; physiology and handling of lightly processed vegetables.
DeJong, Ted M. (Retired) (530) 752-1843 – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Environmental plant physiology; photosynthetic efficiency of tree crops relative to the utilization of nitrogen, water, and solar radiation.
DiTomaso, Joseph. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Biology and control of invasive species, in non-crop areas, including rangeland, forests, aquatics, natural ecosystems, utilities and rights-of-way. Species include yellow star thistle, Scotch thistle, perennial pepperweed, pampasgrass or jubata grass, and woody species in reforestation areas.
Dvorak, Jan (Retired) – [email protected]
Evolution of plant genomes and chromosomes; evolution of wheat and related species; construction of linkage maps based on molecular markers in wheat and related species in the tribe Triticeae; mechanism of the action of the Ph1 gene of wheat on crossing over between homoeologous chromosomes; molecular mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in wheat and its improvement.
Evans, Richard Y. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Management of commercial flower and nursery crops; nutrition of ornamental plants; container soil-plant interactions; propagation, production, and field establishment of plants for ecological restoration.
Fennimore, Steven A. (408) 755-2896 – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Weed management in vegetable crops and small fruits, as well as weed seed physiology and seed bank ecology.
Fischer, Albert J. (Deceased)
Ecophysiology and competition of weeds in rice, ecology, herbicide-resistant weeds, integrated weed management.
Gubler, Doug. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Research interests include biology and epidemiology of foliar pathogens of fruit crops, with emphasis on grapevine and strawberry diseases; trees, vines and small fruits.
Harding, James A. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Genetics and breeding of flower crops, with an emphasis on Gerbera; multivariate statistical methods; multitrait selection, inbreeding and crossbreeding; clonal selection and cultivar evaluation.
Hartz, Timothy K. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Culture and management of warm-season vegetables; soil and plant fertility; crop stand establishment.
Hill, James E. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
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.
Jackson, Louise E. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Plant/soil relationships; nitrogen cycling; agricultural ecology; management of vegetable production systems.
Johnson, Scott. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Production of plums, freestone peaches, nectarines, kiwi-fruit, apples, and Asian pears.
Lanini, W. Thomas. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Low input weed control in vegetables and agronomic crops.
Matthews, Mark A. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Environmental control of growth, productivity, and fruit quality, emphasizing photosynthesis; biophysics of cell expansion; physiological mechanisms involved in responses to water deficits; interactions of nutrient levels and water deficits; varietal improvement.
Neale, David B. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Discovery and understanding of the function of genes in forest trees, especially those controlling complex traits.
O'Neill, Sharman (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Studies in plant development in model (Arabidopsis) and non-model (Vanilla and Phalaenopsis) systems, using developmental and imaging procedures in combination with molecular biology and genomic approaches. Current topics investigated include: (1) analysis of the role of the ATML1 homeobox gene during embryogenesis and meristem growth and development in the model system Arabidopsis, (2) flower and fruit development in the orchid of commerce, Vanilla planifolia, and Fusarium disease resistance in V. planifolia and the related species V. bahiana, and (3) pollination and post-pollination flower and fruit development in members of the Orchidaceae. Also has project that focuses on ex situ conservation of living natural species of Vanilla that can be used for vanilla fruit crop improvement.
Parfitt, Dan E. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Breeding and genetics of pistachio; characterization of genetic diversity in fruit and nut tree germplasm.
Polito, Vito S. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Reproductive biology of fruit tree species, especially aspects of reproductive maturation, flowering, pollination and fruit-set.
Reid, Michael S. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Postharvest technology; handling and marketing of environmental plants; postharvest physiology; physiology of flowering; chilling injury; action of ethylene; molecular biology of flower senescence.
Saltveit, Mikal. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Basic and applied physiological studies of abiotic stresses, primarily physical injury, temperature extremes and altered gaseous atmospheres.
St. Clair, Dina (Retired) (530) 752-1740 – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Tomato genetics and breeding; classical and molecular genetics in plant improvement; manipulation of quantitative traits and gene introgression.
Suslow, Trevor V. – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Integrated biotechnologies for postharvest quality; postharvest pathology and biocontrol; microbial-based postharvest quality and safety issues; Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Temple, Steve R. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, sustainable farming systems; fluent in Spanish.
van Kessel, Chris. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture.
Williams, Larry E. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Whole plant physiology, nutrition and water relations of grapevines; effects of cultural practices on vine physiology; cultural techniques of the grapevine associated with the production of raisins and table grapes; carbon assimilation by and allocation in the vine; effect of senescence on gas exchange characteristics.
Yoder, John I. (Retired) – [email protected] (not accepting students)
Plant genomics, parasitic plants, transposable elements and genome fluidity; plant-plant communications; plant molecular genetics.