Crop production and Farming systems

Plant adaptation to a changing climate, genetics and genomics of leafy salad crops, non-food woody biomass crops for bioenergy. Sustainability, ecosystem services, plants and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Alfalfa and forage crop systems, cellulosic biofuels, crop ecology, new/alternative crops and cropping systems. Strong interest in irrigation, salinity, forage quality, genetics & varieties.

Vegetable production; water management; agricultural ecology; crop management impacts on postharvest quality

Agronomy, sustainable intensification, cropping systems analysis, input use efficiency, integrating technology and data into production practices

My focus is on sustainable management of rice systems - in particular fertility management, nutrient and carbon cycling, water use, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions

Coordination of extension teaching and research activities for almonds and walnuts on a statewide basis

Sustainable agriculture

cotton production and quality issues, plant water stress, microirrigation

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