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Crop ecology of greenhouse and nursery crops; greenhouse environment control automation; modeling of ornamental crops; automated irrigation. Greenhouse, nursery, and in-door plant production.

Low input weed control in vegetables and agronomic crops

Foraging behavior, range management, spatial heterogenicity, and geostatistical applications. Agricultural ecologist.

Eminent scientist and widely recognized plant scientist; rice breeding and basic science in genetics

biofuels, bio-energy, sugar and oil crops, salinity management, sustainable agriculture

Freestone peaches, nectarines, plums, apples and kiwifruit

vascular plant structure, development and evolution; crop plant anatomy and morphology; development and evolution of shoot apical meristem organization; shoot branching, especially dichotomous branching

Population genetics, molecular ecology, and evolution of agricultural weeds and invasive plants

cotton production and quality issues, plant water stress, microirrigation

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. Rice website: www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/uccerice/