Joseph DiTomaso 		   
     
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Specialist in CE and Department Chair -- Taxonomy, ecology, physiology, and control of rangeland, forestry and wetland weeds; poisonous plants.

160 Robbins
PHONE: 530-754-8715
FAX: 530-752-4604
E-Mail: jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1986), Botany/Weed Science, University of California, Davis
M.A. (1981), Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
B.S. (1978), Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California, Davis

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Non-Crop Weed Specialist, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis. 1995-present
My primary focus is on understanding various biological and ecological aspects of non-crop weeds, and to use this information to develop effective control strategies. I have published over 80 refereed manuscripts or book chapters, 160 additional extension papers, and have co-authored five books on Weed Science and invasive plant related topics.
Assistant and Associate Professor, Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 1987-1994

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Aquatic Plant Management Society- 6 years; Western Chapter of Aquatic Plant Management Society- 3 years; California Weed Science Society- 20 years; Western Society of Weed Science- 20 years; Weed Science Society of America- 22 years; California Invasive Plant Council- 12 years; Forest Vegetation Management Society- 11 years; Society of Range Management- 8 years; Pacific Chapter of Society of Range Management- 6 years; California Botanical Society- 5 years; California Native Grass Association- 2 years; Gamma Sigma Delta- 3 years

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES (since 2002)
Weed Science Society of America
Editor, Invasive Plant Science and Management, 2007-2010
Member, committee to develop an Invasive Weed Management journal, 2006-2007
Member, Research Award Committee, 2004
Image Accuracy and Quality Subcommittee, 2003
Member, Standardized Plant Names Committee, 1999-2004
Program Committee Member – Joint Conference between the Weed Science Society of America and the Ecological Society of America on Invasive Plants (IPINAMS) held in Ft. Lauderdale in Nov. 2003
Image Accuracy and Quality Subcommittee, 2003
Local Arrangement Committee, 2001-2002
Western Society of Weed Science
Chair, Weed Research Section and Executive Board Member, 2005-2007
Member, Student Educational Enhancement Committee, 1998-2001, 2003
California Weed Science Society
Chair, Weed School Session, 2001 and 2003
Member, Program Committee, 1996-2002
Member, Collegiate Committee, 2002
Chair, Forest, Range and Wildlands Session, 2002
California Invasive Plant Council
Past President, 2004 and 2005
President, 2002 and 2003
Member, Program Committee, 2001, 2002 (chair), 2003, 2004
Chair and organizer of Working Groups, 2002, 2003
Society of Range Management
Rangeland Invasive Species Committee – 2002- 2005
Advisory Boards or Councils
Member, California Noxious and Invasive Aquatic Weed Scientific Advisory Board, 2005-present
Member of the Board of Directors, Tamarisk Coalition Board, 2005-present
Sierra Cascade Intensive Vegetation Management Cooperative- Co-founder and Board member, 2000- 2005
Invasive Weed Action Plan Summit Committee – 2003 – 2004
Center for Invasive Plant Management Science (CIPM) Advisory Council – 2001-2004
Research Panel Service since 2002
USDA-NRI Competitive Grants Program (Invasive Species), 2006
UC Integrated Pest Management Program, Chair, 2002, 2003 and 2004
UC IPM Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program, 2002, 2003 and 2004
Center for Invasive Plant Management Competitive Grants Review panel, 2001-2004
           

HONORS AND AWARDS

ACE Gold Award for the entry “Technical Publications” for “Weeds of California and Other Western States (Vol. 1 & 2)”. Award presented by the Association for Communication Excellence, 2007
Outstanding Weed Scientist, Public Sector, Western Society of Weed Science, 2004
President, California Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2002 and 2003
Finalist, Award of Excellence, Friends of Agriculture Extension, University of California System, 2000, 2001, and 2002
Award of Excellence, California Weed Science Society, 1999  
Distinguished Service Award, DANR, Outstanding Research-Specialist, 1998
American Society for Horticultural Science, Extension Division Educational Materials Award for Commercial Ornamentals, Floriculture and Turf, Weeds of the Northeast, 1998

BOOKS AUTHORED OR EDITED (since 2002)

  1. DiTomaso, J.M. and E.A. Healy. 2006. Weeds of California and Other Western States. Univ. California, DANR. Publ. #3488, 1808 pp.
  2. DiTomaso, J.M. and D.W. Johnson (eds.). 2006. The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA. 56 pp.
  3. DiTomaso, J.M, G. B. Kyser, and M. J. Pitcairn. 2006. Yellow starthistle management guide. California Invasive Plant Council, Berkeley, CA. Cal-IPC Publication #2006-03. 45 pp.
  4. DiTomaso, J.M. and E.A. Healy. 2003. Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West. Univ. California, DANR. Publ. #3421, 442 pp.

 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS (since 2002)

  1. DiTomaso, J.M. and G.B. Kyser. 2007. Control of Ailanthus altissima using stem herbicide application techniques. Arboriculture and Urban Forestry 33:55-63.
  2. DiTomaso, J.M., G.B. Kyser, J.R. Miller, S. Garcia, R.F. Smith, G. Nader, J.M. Connor, and S.B. Orloff. 2006.  Integrating prescribed burning and clopyralid for the management of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis). Weed Science 54:757-782.
  3. DiTomaso, J.M., M.L. Brooks, E.B. Allen, R. Minnich, R.M. Rice, and G.B. Kyser. 2006. Control of Invasive Weeds with Prescribed Burning. Weed Technology 20:535-548.
  4. Renz, M.J. and J.M. DiTomaso. 2006. Early season mowing improves control of perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) with select herbicides. Weed Technology 20:32-26.
  5. Fisher, A.J., T.R. Gordon, and J.M. DiTomaso. 2006. Conidia morphology and ecological characteristics as diagnostic tools for Claviceps purpurea from salt marsh habitats. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 27:389-395.
  6. Fisher, A.J., J.M. DiTomaso, and T.R. Gordon. 2006. Intraspecific groups of Claviceps purpurea associated with grass species in Willapa Bay, Washington, and the prospects for biological control of invasive Spartina alterniflora. Biological Control.  34:170-179.
  7. DiTomaso, J.M. 2006. Control of invasive plants with prescribed fire. In DiTomaso, J.M. and D.W. Johnson (eds.). Pages 7-18, The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA.
  8. DiTomaso, J.M. 2006. Using prescribed burning in integrated strategies. In DiTomaso, J.M. and D.W. Johnson (eds.). Pages 19-28, The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA.
  9. Fisher, A.J., T.R. Gordon, and J.M. DiTomaso. 2005. Geographic distribution and diversity in Claviceps purpurea from salt marsh habitats and characterization of Pacific Coast populations. Mycological Research. 109: 439-446.
  10. DiTomaso, J.M. Yellow starthistle. J.K. Clark and C.L. Duncan, eds. 2005. Pages 36-50 in, Assessing the Economic, Environmental and Societal Losses from Invasive Plants on Rangeland and Wildlands. Weed Science Society of America. Champaign, IL.
  11. Duncan, C. A., J.J. Jachetta, M.L. Brown, V.F. Carrithers, J.K. Clark, J.M. DiTomaso, R.G. Lym, K.C. McDaniel, M.J. Renz, and P.M. Rice. 2005. Assessing Economic, Environmental and Societal Losses from Invasive Plants on Rangeland and Wildlands. Weed Technology 18:1411-1416.
  12. McDaniel, K.C., J.M. DiTomaso and C.A. Duncan. 2005. Tamarisk or saltcedar, Tamarix spp. J.K. Clark and C.L. Duncan, eds. Pages 198-222 in, Assessing the Economic, Environmental and Societal Losses from Invasive Plants on Rangeland and Wildlands. Weed Science Society of America. Champaign, IL.
  13. Enloe, S.F., J.M. DiTomaso, S. Orloff. 2005. Perennial grass establishment integrated with clopyralid treatment for yellow starthistle management on annual range. Weed Technology 19(1):94-101.
  14. Stanton, A.E. and J.M. DiTomaso. 2004. Growth response of Cortaderia selloana and Cortaderia jubata (Poaceae) seedlings to temperature, light, and water. Madroño 51(3):312-321.
  15. DiTomaso, J.M., G.B. Kyser, and E.A. Fredrickson. 2004. Control of black oak and tanoak in the Sierra Nevada range. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 19(4):268-276.
  16. Brooks, M.L., C.M.  D’Antonio, D.M.  Richardson, J.B. Grace, J.E. Keeley, J.M. DiTomaso, R.J. Hobbs, M. Pellant, and D. Pyke. 2004. Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. BioScience  54(7):677-688.
  17. Enloe, S.F., J.M. DiTomaso. 2004. Soil water dynamics differ among rangeland plant communities dominated by yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) annual grasses or perennial grasses. Weed Science 52 (6):929-935
  18. Wu, S.-H., M. Rejmanek, E. Grotkopp, J.M. DiTomaso. 2004. Herbarium records, actual distribution, and critical attributes of invasive plants: genus Crotalaria in Taiwan. Taxon 54(1):133-138.
  19. Drewitz, J.J. and J. M. DiTomaso. 2004. Seed biology of jubatagrass (Cortaderia jubata). Weed Science 52(4):525-530.
  20. Renz, M.J. and J.M. DiTomaso. 2004. Mechanism for the enhanced effect of mowing followed by glyphosate application to resprouts of perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium). Weed Science 52:14-23.
  21. DiTomaso, J.M., J.R. Miller, G.B. Kyser, A.W. Hazebrook, J. Trumbo, D. Valcore and V.F. Carrithers. 2004. Aerial application of clopyralid demonstrates little drift potential and low toxicity to toads. California Agriculture 58(3):154-158.
  22. DiTomaso, J.M., G.B. Kyser and C. B. Pirosko. 2003. Effect of light and density on yellow starthistle root growth and soil moisture use. Weed Science 51(3):334-341.
  23. Jetter K. M., DiTomaso, J.M., D. J. Drake, K. M. Klonsky, M. Pitcairn, and D. A. Sumner. 2002. Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle: A Cost-benefit Analysis. Pages 225-241, In, Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology, Economics and Public Policy for Biosecurity, Daniel A. Sumner Ed. Iowa State University Press, Ames.
  24. Kyser, G.B. and J. M. DiTomaso. 2002.   Instability in a grassland community following control of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis L.) with prescribed burning. Weed Science 50:648-657.
  25. Kim, T.J., J.C. Neal, J.M. DiTomaso and F.S. Rossi. 2002. A survey of weed scientists’ perceptions on the significance of crabgrasses (Digitaria spp.) in the United States. Weed Technology 16:239-242.
  26. DiTomaso, J.M. and C.A. Bruice. 2002. Fertilizer nutrient management. Pages 263-265 in Encyclopedia of Pest Management, D. Pimental, ed. Marcel Dekker, NY.
  27. W.T. Lanini, J.M. DiTomaso, and R. Norris. 2002. Weed Ecology. Pages 29-54 in Principles of Weed Control. 3rd Ed. California Weed Science Society. Thomson Publ., Fresno, CA.
  28. DiTomaso, J.M. 2002. Irrigated pastures. Pages 329-336 in Principles of Weed Control. 3rd Ed. California Weed Science Society. Thomson Publ., Fresno, CA.
  29. DiTomaso, J.M. 2002. Herbicides. Pages 189-219 in Principles of Weed Control. 3rd Ed. California Weed Science Society. Thomson Publ., Fresno, CA.