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One of the primary goals of the Agricultural Research Service is to ensure high-quality, safe agricultural products while sustaining a competitive agricultural economy. Our unit seeks to achieve this by discovering new ways to control postharvest insect pests and decay in horticultural commodities. In doing so, we help provide the public with quality produce and overcome quarantine barriers to allow increased exports of U.S. crops. In addition, much of our work deals with developing non-chemical commodity treatments and integrated management systems which will reduce the use of chemical pesticides.

Meet our new Research Leader Dr. Chang-Lin Xiao

Dr. Xiao received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from China Agricultural University. From 1994 through 1996, Dr. Xiao was a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California-Davis, stationed at the ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas, CA, where his research focused on the epidemiology of verticillium wilt of cauliflower and non-chemical alternatives to methyl bromide to manage Verticllium dahilae. He continued with UC Davis from 1996 through 1998, working on the characterization of the effects of soil fumigation with methyl bromide on rhizosphere microbial populations associated with strawberries. Since 2000, Dr. Xiao has been an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Extension Pathologist at Washington State University in Wenatchee, WA, working on postharvest diseases and quarantine issues. Dr. Xiao has considerable experience in research addressing various aspects of disease of a wide range of horticultural crops, including those of quarantine significance.
Chang-Lin Xiao

Recent

Staff

Publications

Jiao, S., Johnson, J. A., Fellman, J. K., Mattinson, D. S., Tang, J., Davenport, T. L., Wang, S. 2012. Evaluating the storage environment in hypobaric chambers used for disinfesting fresh fruits.

Ramming, D. W., Gabler, F., Smilanick, J. L., Margosan, D. A., Cadle-Davidson, M., Barbu, P., Mahanil, S., Frenkel, O., Milgroom, M. G., and Cadle-Davidson, L. 2012. Identification of race-specific resistance in North American Vitis spp. limiting Erysiphe necator hyphal growth.

Karaca, H., Walse, S. S., Smilanick, J. L. 2012. Effect of continuous 0.3 µL/L gaseous ozone exposure on fungicide residues on table grape berries.

Banũelos, G. S., Fakra, S. C., Walse, S. S., Marcus, M. A., Yang, S. I., Pickering, I. J.,

Pilon-Smits, E. A. H., and Freeman, J. L. 2011. Selenium accumulation, distribution, and speciation in spineless prickly pear cactus: a drought- and salt-tolerant, selenium-enriched nutraceutical fruit crop for biofortified foods

Burks, C. S., Higbee, B. S., Siegel, J. P., and Brandl, D. G. 2011. Comparison of trapping for eggs, females, and males of the naval orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in almonds

Burks, C. S., McLaughlin, J. R., Miller, J. R., Brandl, D. G. 2011. Mating disruption for control of Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in dried beans

Erasmusa, A., Lennoxa, C. L., Jordaan, H., Smilanick, J. L., Lesard, K., Fourie, P. H. 2011. Imazalil residue loading and green mould control in citrus packhouses

Jiao, S., Tang, J., Johnson, J. A., Tiwari, G., Wang, S. 2011. Determining radio frequency heating uniformity of mixed beans for disinfestation treatments

Kanno, H., Kuenen, L. P. S., Klingler, K. A., Millar, J. G., Cardé, R. T. 2011. Attractiveness of a four-component pheromone blend to male navel orangeworm moths

Romanazzia, G. Amnon Lichter, A., Mlikota-Gabler, F., Smilanick, J. L. 2011. Recent advances on the use of natural and safe alternatives to conventional methods to control postharvest gray mold of table grapes

Davis-Parlier Research Symposium

Contacts

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