C. van Kessel, Professor and Department Chair -- Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture. (530) 752-4377, cvankessel@ucdavis.edu

M. W. Demment, Professor and Director, Global Livestock Collaborative Research Program -- Feeding ecology and nutrition of domestic and wild herbivores. (530) 752-7757, mwdemment@ucdavis.edu

R. F. Denison, Professor -- Long-term sustainability of agriculture; physiology of legume root nodules. (530) 752-9688, rfdenison@ucdavis.edu

J. Dubcovsky, Professor -- Genetics; wheat breeding and wheat genetics. (530) 752-5159, jdubcovsky@ucdavis.edu

J. Dvorak, Professor -- 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 tibe 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. (530) 752-6549, jdvorak@ucdavis.edu

T.C. Foin, Professor -- Competitive interactions between rice and weeds and between tidal marsh species. Simulation modeling, especially of plant populations and ecosystems. 530-754-7910, tcfoin@ucdavis.edu

T.C. Fox, Assistant Geneticist. 530-752-7732. tcfox@ucdavis.edu

S. Geng , Professor -- Agricultural/systems; modeling and simulation of environmental impact on agricultural production and food systems; productivity and risk assessment; comparisons of agricultural systems in Pacific Rim countries. Fluent in Chinese. (530) 752-6939, sgeng@ucdavis.edu

M. R. George, Extension Range and Pasture Specialist -- Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality; rangeland management practices; ranch planning. (530) 752-1720, mrgeorge@ucdavis.edu

P. Gepts, Professor -- Genetics of food legumes: crop evolution; genetic conservation; genome mapping; molecular evolution. (530) 752-7743, plgepts@ucdavis.edu

S. S. Goyal, Specialist in the Agricultural Experiment Station -- Regulation of nitrogen uptake, metabolism, and usage efficiency, physiology of abiotic stress (e.g., salinity) and tolerance, site-specific tillage for reduced energy input and research and analytical techniques and instrumentation. (530) 752-2472, ssgoyal@ucdavis.edu

J. E. Hill., Extension Agronomist -- 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. (530) 752-3458, jehill@ucdavis.edu.

R.B. Hutmacher, Extension Specialist -- Cotton production. (805) 746-8020, rbhutmacher@ucdavis.edu

L. F. Jackson, Extension Agronomist -- Growth development and plant breeding of small grain diseases; pathogen variability host resistance and genetics of host/parasite interaction; integrated pest management and integrated crop management; agricultural systems. (530) 752-0701, lfjackson@ucdavis.edu

J. Jernstedt, Professor -- Investigates involvement of the microtubule cyto skeleton in processes of cell division, enlargement and differentiation in plants, focusing on cell, tissue and organ-like development; meristem determination; leaf development; plant anatomy and morphology. (530) 752-7166, jjernstedt@ucdavis.edu

S. Kaffka, Extension Specialist -- Investigates ways to improve crop production efficiency and environmental quality relative to crop prodution. Works at the commodity and farming systems levels. (530) 752-8108, srkaffka@ucdavis.edu

E. A. Laca, Associate Professor -- Foraging behavior, range management, spatial heterogenicity, and geostatistical applications. Agricultural ecologist. (530) 754-4083, ealaca@ucdavis.edu

M.C. Luo, Assistant Geneticist -- Genetics in plants, especially in wheat and its relative species. 530-754-6235, mcluo@ucdavis.edu

D. A. Phillips, Professor -- Agronomy, crop physiology, soil microbiology, plant-microbe interactions. Biochemistry; flavonoid synthesis; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen metabolism. Legume physiology. (530) 752-1891, daphillips@ucdavis.edu

R. E. Plant, Professor -- Plant application of systems analysis to crop and resource management; including artificial intelligence; database management; and mathematical modeling. (530) 752-1705, replant@ucdavis.edu

D. H. Putnam, Extension Specialist -- Alfalfa and forage crops systems, alternative field crops, crop ecology. (530) 752-8982, dhputnam@ucdavis.edu

D. W. Rains, Professor -- Investigates the effect of salinity on the nutrition and metabolism of plant genotypes varying in salt tolerance and studies nitrogen use efficiency of crop plants. (530) 752-1711, derains@ucdavis.edu

K. J. Rice, Professor -- Plant population ecology; rangeland ecology; restoration ecology; conservation biology; ecological genetics. (530) 752-8529, kjrice@ucdavis.edu

J.W. Six, Research Scientist. 530-752-1212. jwsix@ucdavis.edu

V. Sundaresan, Professor, Plant Biology and Agronomy -- Gametogenisis and early embryogenisis in Arabidopsis. Functional genomics by large scale insertional mutagenesis in Arabidopsis and rice. (530) 754-9677, sundar@ucdavis.edu

F. J. Sundstrom, Director, California Crop Improvement Association -- Seed production and certification. (530) 752-9825, fjsundstrom@ucdavis.edu

 

K. W. Tate, Associate CE Specialist -- Rangeland hydrology, water quality, nonpoint source pollution, grazing management. (530) 754-8988, kwtate@ucdavis.edu

S. R. Temple, Extension Agronomist -- Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, sustainable farming systems, fluent in Spanish. (530) 752-8216, srtemple@ucdavis.edu

L. R. Teuber, Director, Foundation Seed Program. Professor -- Genetics and biology of floral characters influencing alfalfa pollination by honey bees, resistance to lygus bugs and whiteflies, tolerance to "summer dry-down" irrigation management, fall dormancy. (530) 752-2461, lrteuber@ucdavis.edu

 

R. L. Travis, Professor -- Membrane biology; crop physiology; agronomy. (530) 752-6187, rltravis@ucdavis.edu

T. A. Wilkins, Professor -- Molecular and cell biology of plant cell differentiation and expansion; regulation of gene expression, protein processing and targeting; plant biotechnology. (530) 752-0614, tawilkins@ucdavis.edu

 

Associates in the Agricultural Experiment Station

O. D. Anderson, Research Biologist, USDA, Albany -- Wheat storage seed protein function, wheat transformation, molecular approach. (510) 559-6300

R. T. Lewellen, Research Geneticist, USDA, Salinas -- Sugarbeet breeding/genetics. (408) 443-2254

T. H. Tai, Research Geneticist, USDA, Davis -- Rice genetics and breeding. (530) 752-5966, thtai@ucdavis.edu

K. S. McKenzie, Rice Breeder, California Rice Experiment Station, Biggs -- Premium quality medium- and short-grain rice. (916) 868-5481, ksmckenzie@ucdavis.edu

Emeriti Faculty, Agricultural Experiment Station, and Cooperative Extension Specialists

T.E. Adams, Extension Wildlands Specialist -- Oak regeneration; perennial grasses; erosion control; ecological restoration; wildlife protection. Addresses wildlands vegetation management problems: revegetation and management of disturbed sites supporting both woody and herbaceous plants; and wildfire protection.

D. M. Bassett, Specialist in the Agricultural Experiment Station -- Cotton variety testing; plant nutrition.

R. W. Breidenbach, Specialist, AES -- Plant biochemistry, plant physiology.

I. W. Buddenhagen, Professor -- Resistance breeding and genetics plant pathology; international agriculture.

W. J. Clawson, Range Specialist, CE -- Range management, rangeland productivity, monitoring, and multiple land use.

R. C. Huffaker, Professor -- Plant physiology, plant biochemistry, agronomy, nitrogen metabolism, protein turnover, plant senescence.

S. K. Jain, Professor -- Studies on natural and agricultural plant populations with special interest in colonizing and weedy species; genetic resource conservation; writing books and reviews in evolution and conservation biology; organizing lecture series on Grandhian and Jainism philosophies. Fluent in Hindi. (530) 752-8267

M. B. Jones, Specialist, AES -- Mineral nutrition of range plants.

B. L. Kay, Specialist, AES -- Soil erosion control.

H. Laude, Professor -- Range forage physiology, plant light relations.

W. C. Liebhardt, Extension Specialist -- Considers economic, environment, and social activities in agriculture so the entire system can be evaluated.

W. M. Longhurst, Professor -- Animal physiology and ecology, growth and development.

R. S. Loomis, Professor -- Crop physiology and ecology; systems analysis. (530) 752-1709, rsloomis@ucdavis.edu

V. L. Marble, Agronomist, CE -- Alfalfa, small-seeded legume seeds.

D. S. Mikkelsen, Professor -- Agronomy, soil chemistry, soil fertility and plant nutrition, crop ecology.

W. R. Powell, Specialist, AES -- Soil vegetation.

Y. P. Puri, Specialist, AES -- Agronomy, cereal breeding, oilseed crops.

C. O. Qualset, Professor -- Agronomy, genetics, quantitative inheritance, plant breeding, plant genetic resources. (530) 754-8502, coqualset@ucdavis.edu

C. A. Raguse, Professor -- Agronomy and range science, ecology and management of grazing systems. (530) 752-2475

C. W. Schaller, Professor -- Agronomy, genetics, plant breeding.

R. C. Valentine, Professor -- Principles of plant biotechnology.

B. D. Webster, Professor -- Plant morphogenesis, reproductive biology and pollination mechanisms, pollen wall development.