Dr. Sunghwa Choe will offer a special seminar describing his work to make tomatoes even healthier by boosting their vitamin content. Choe uses CRISPR gene editing to enhance provitamin D3 in tomatoes, aiming to help solve a worldwide nutritional deficiency.
Researchers from UC Davis used the 2018 River Fire as a rare chance to study wildfire effects on soil, plants, and grazing lands. Their data are now helping others assess livestock impacts and track post-fire drought recovery.
Professor Emeritus of Cooperative Extension (Appt. with Landscape Architecture Program in Human Ecology Dept)
Irrigation and runoff management in environmental horticulture; water quality effects on plant growth; water use evaluation of plants for landscape horticulture; biological treatment of runoff water
Plant Sciences Executive Committee - Vice Chair of Outreach and Extension
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