Picnic Day: Cover Crops Nourish Our Food and Our Land by Grayson Mae Messenger and Trina Kleist April 16, 2026 Sustainability Conservation Cover crops provide a variety of benefits. Keeping living plants in the soil year-round improves soil structure and nutrients, stimulates soil organisms and provides homes and food for pollinators and helpful insects such as ladybugs.
Cameron M. Pittelkow Associate Professor Faculty Agronomy and agroecosystems; Sustainable crop production; Environmental footprint; International agriculture 530-752-0433 [email protected] Google Scholar ORCID Lab Website PES 2234
Astrid Volder Professor Faculty Chair - Graduate Group Horticulture and Agronomy Root and rhizosphere biology in managed, urban and natural landscapes. Whole plant responses to environmental stress and a changing climate. 530-752-8527 [email protected] Orcid ID Mendeley profile Google scholar 2057 Wickson UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616 Office Hours During academic quarters: W - 8 - 9.30
Johan W.u.a. Six Adjunct Professor Faculty Agroecology 530-752-1212 [email protected] Website Google Scholar ORCID 2136 PES UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616
Bruce Douglas Lampinen Professor of Cooperative Extension Faculty Coordination of extension teaching and research activities for almonds and walnuts on a statewide basis 530-752-2588 [email protected] Website Google Scholar ORCID 2043 WICKSON UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616
Jagdish Kumar Ladha, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Plant Sciences Sustainable agriculture 530-754-4424 (office) 530-219-0207 (cell) [email protected] Google Scholar ORCID LinkedIn devex Researchgate 205 Hunt Hall UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, DAVIS CA 95616
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 [email protected] Website Biomass Collaborative Oil Seeds AGRIC Google Scholar ORCID 281 HUNT UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616
Amélie Gaudin Professor Endowed Chair in Agroecology Faculty Agroecology; cropping system diversity and resilience; ecological intensification; soil health; root ecophysiology 530-752-1212 [email protected] Website PEAS Fellowship 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Website Robotic Weed Control Soil Disinfestation for Flower and Strawberry Google Scholar ORCID SALINAS UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616
