Mission

The mission of the Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit is to improve germplasm of lettuce, spinach and melon, determine basic biology of viral, fungal and bacterial diseases affecting these crops, develop alternatives to methyl bromide as a soil fumigant for control of soilborne pests in strawberry and vegetables, reduce postharvest losses of lettuce, develop scientifically based organic crop production practices, and develop methods for control of weeds.

People

Anchieta, Amy

Benzen, Sharon

Brennan, Eric

Das, Modan

Eriksen, Renee

Gebben, Samantha

Goldman, Polly

Hasegawa, Daniel

Henry, Peter

Hernandez, Valeriano

Hladky, Laura

Husein, Deena

Hwang, Sadal

Kane, Saben

Klosterman, Steven

Leblanc, Nicholas

Liu, Amy

Liu, Yong Biao

Liu, Samuel

Martin, Frank

Masuda, Tiffany

McCreight, James - Jim

Milligan, David - Dave

Mou, Beiquan

Nayak, Santosh

Ochoa, Gerardo

Orozco, Jose

Richardson, Kelley

Rocha, Aaron

Simko, Ivan

Soule, Michelle

Wintermantel, William - Bill

Zhang, Shulu

Zhao, Rebecca