Crop and Ecosystem Sciences

Stephen R. Kaffka

• Professor Emeritus of Cooperative Extension and Director, California Biomass Collaborative

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

• 530-752-8108
• srkaffka@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Biomass Collaborative
• Oil Seeds AGRIC
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

281 HUNT
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Judy Jernstedt

• Professor
• Faculty

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

• 530-752-7166
• jjernstedt@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

213 HUNT
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Robert B. Hutmacher

• Professor of Extension Emeritus and Director, UC West Side Research & Extension Center

cotton production and quality issues, plant water stress, microirrigation

• 559-260-8957
• rbhutmacher@ucdavis.edu
• Website

SHAFTER
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Brad Hanson

• Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty
• Academic lead of field

Herbicide-based weed management in perennial crops, herbicide-resistant weeds, IR-4 pesticide program, and soil fumigation

• 530-752-8115
• bhanson@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

276 ROBBINS
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Thomas M. Gradziel

• Professor
• Faculty

Genetics and breeding of Prunus species

• 530-752-1575
• tmgradziel@ucdavis.edu
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2055 WICKSON
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Matthew Edmund Gilbert

• Associate Professor
• Faculty
• Plant Sciences Executive Committee - Vice Chair of Crops and Ecosystems

Mechanisms of photosynthetic and stomatal variation; water use efficiency

• 530-752-7846
• megilbert@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2314 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Paul Gepts

• Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Biodiversity and genetic resources conservation; crop domestication and evolution; structural genomics and molecular evolution; bean and chickpea breeding

• 530-752-7743
• plgepts@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

1242 PES
UC Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Amélie Gaudin

• Associate Professor
• Endowed Chair in Agroecology
• Faculty

Agroecology; cropping system diversity and resilience; ecological intensification; soil health; root ecophysiology

• 530-752-1212
• agaudin@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

Office 2136 PES | Lab 2133 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Louise Ferguson

• Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty

Pistachios, olives, figs, citrus, persimmons, pomegranates

• 530-752-0507
• lferguson@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Mechanical Harvesting of California Table Olives
• Pistachio Saline Study
• Mechanical Harvesting of California Pistachios
• Useful links
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2037 WICKSON
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Steven A. Fennimore

• Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty

Weed management in vegetable crops and small fruits as well as weed seed physiology and seed bank ecology

• 831-755-2896
• safennimore@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Robotic Weed Control
• Soil Disinfestation for Flower and Strawberry
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

SALINAS
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616