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Plant Sciences

(College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)

Chris van Kessel, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department

Department Office. 1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences (530) 752-1703;
http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/

Faculty

Steffen Abel, Ph.D., Professor

Diane M. Beckles, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Alan B. Bennett, Ph.D., Professor

Alison M. Berry, Ph.D., Professor

Arnold J. Bloom, Ph.D., Professor

Eduardo Blumwald, Ph.D., Professor

Kent J. Bradford, Ph.D., Professor

Patrick H. Brown, Ph.D., Professor

David W. Burger, Ph.D., Professor

Mary Cadenasso, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Abhaya M. Dandekar, Ph.D., Professor

Theodore M. DeJong, Ph.D., Professor

Montague W. Demment, Ph.D., Professor

Jorge Dubcovsky, Ph.D., Professor

Don J. Durzan, Ph.D., Professor

Jan Dvorak, Ph.D., Professor

Valerie Eviner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Albert J. Fischer, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Shu Geng, Ph.D., Professor

Paul L. Gepts, Ph.D., Professor

Thomas M. Gradziel, Ph.D., Professor

James A. Harding, Ph.D., Professor

Kentaro Inoue, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Marie A. Jasieniuk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Judy Jernstedt, Ph.D., Professor

Daniel J. Kliebenstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor

John M. Labavitch, Ph.D., Professor

Emilio A. Laca, Ph.D., Associate Professor

J. Heinrich Lieth, Ph.D., Professor

James D. MacDonald, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)

Richard W. Michelmore, Ph.D., Professor

David B. Neale, Ph.D., Professor

Florence Negre, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Donald J. Nevins, Ph.D., Professor

Michael P. Parrella, Ph.D., Professor (Entomology)

Donald A. Phillips, Ph.D., Professor

Richard E. Plant, Ph.D., Professor

Vito S. Polito, Ph.D., Professor

Daniel Potter, Ph.D., Professor

Carlos F. Quiros, Ph.D., Professor

Michael S. Reid, Ph.D., Professor

Kevin J. Rice, Ph.D., Professor

Jeffrey S. Ross-Ibarra, Ph.D., Professor

Dina St. Clair, Ph.D., Professor

Mikal E. Saltveit, Ph.D., Professor

Kenneth A. Shackel, Ph.D., Professor

Douglas V. Shaw, Ph.D., Professor

Johan W. Six, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Venkatesan Sundaresan, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)

Larry R. Teuber, Ph.D., Professor

Li Tian, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Chris van Kessel, Ph.D., Professor

John I. Yoder, Ph.D., Professor

Truman P. Young, Ph.D., Professor

Emeriti Faculty

David E. Bayer, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Michael G. Barbour, Ph.D., Professor Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

Fredrick A. Bliss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

R. William Breidenbach, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Ivan W. Buddenhagen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Thomas G. Byrne, M.S., Lecturer Emeritus

Robert M. Carlson, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Peter B. Catlin, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

William J. Clawson, M.S., Lecturer Emeritus

Clyde L. Elmore, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Theodore C. Foin, Jr., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

William H. Griggs, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Richard W. Harris, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

Charles E. Hess, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Ray C. Huffaker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Subodh K. Jain, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Milton B. Jones, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Adel A. Kader, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award

Anton M. Kofranek, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Horton M. Laude, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Andrew T. Leiser, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

William C. Liebhardt, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

William M. Longhurst, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Robert S. Loomis, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

James M. Lyons, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

John H. Madison, Jr., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Vern L. Marble, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

George C. Martin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Warren C. Micke, M.S., Lecturer Emeritus

Duane S. Mikkelsen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

F. Gordon Mitchell, M.S., Lecturer Emeritus

Robert F. Norris, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Jack L. Paul, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Harlan K. Pratt, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Y. P. Puri, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Calvin O. Qualset, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Charles A. Raguse, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

D. William Rains, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

David E. Ramos, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Lawrence Rappaport, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Roger J. Romani, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Vincent Rubatzky, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Kay Ryugo, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Roy M. Sachs, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Charles W. Schaller, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

William L. Sims, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Paul G. Smith, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Herman Timm, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Robert L. Travis, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Kiyoto Uriu, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Raymond C. Valentine, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Ronald E. Voss, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus

Barbara D. Webster, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Steven A. Weinbaum, Ph.D., Professor

Lin L. Wu, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Lars W. Anderson, Ph.D., Lecturer

Marita Cantwell, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Roger T. Chetelat, Ph.D., Lecturer and Agronomist

Carlos H. Crisosto, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Joseph M. DiTomaso, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Richard Y. Evans, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Steven A. Fennimore, Ph.D., Lecturer and Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Louise Ferguson, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Melvin R. George, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Sham S. Goyal, Ph.D., Lecturer and Project Scientist

Timothy K. Hartz, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

James E. Hill, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Husein A. Ajwa, Ph.D., Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Robert B. Hutmacher, Ph.D., Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Leland F. Jackson, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Scott Johnson, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Stephen R. Kaffka, Ph.D. Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Gurdev Khush, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor

W. Thomas Lanini, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Bruce Lampinen, Ph.D., Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Kirk Larson, Ph.D., Pomologist and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Thomas Ledig, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor

Muhammad Marrush, Ph.D., Lecturer

Greg McPherson, Ph.D., Lecturer

Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Lorence R. Oki, Ph.D., Lecturer and Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Dan E. Parfitt, Ph.D., Lecturer and Pomologist

Daniel H. Putnam, Ph.D., Lecturer, Agronomist and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Trevor V. Suslow, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Kenneth W. Tate, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Steven R. Temple, Ph.D., Lecturer and Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Major Programs. See Agricultural Management and Rangeland Resources, Biotechnology, Crop Science and Management, Ecological Management and Restoration, Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry, and Plant Sciences.

Related Courses. See the Biotechnology, Environmental Horticulture, Horticulture and Agronomy, and Plant Biology course listings.

Graduate Study. For related graduate study, see the M.S. degree program in International Agricultural Development, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in the graduate groups of Horticulture and Agronomy, Plant Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Geography, and Soils and Biogeochemistry. See also Graduate Studies.