Weed Research and Information Center

About the Center

Mission statement

The Weed Research and Information Center is an interdisciplinary collaboration that fosters research in weed management and facilitates distribution of associated knowledge for the benefit of agriculture and for the preservation of natural resources.

 

Contact us

Mailing address:
University of California, Davis
Dept. of Plant Sciences, MS4
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Phone: (530) 752-1748
Fax: (530) 752-4604
E-mail: wric@ucdavis.edu

Staff

Joe DiTomaso
Director, UC Weed Research and Information Center

Gale Perez
Program Representative, UC Weed Research and Information Center

 


Weed Scientists

    Specialty Campus/County  
Kassim Al-Khatib CE Weed Specialist   UC Davis  
Lars Anderson Plant Physiologist
aquatic weeds USDA-ARS (UC Davis) dept. profile
Carl Bell Regional Advisor   San Diego website
Andre Biscaro Farm Advisor   Los Angeles website
Oleg Daugovish Farm Advisor   Ventura website
Joe DiTomaso CE Weed Specialist aquatic weeds, weed identification /taxonomy UC Davis  
Steve Fennimore CE Weed Specialist   UC Davis (located in Salinas) dept. profile
Albert Fischer Professor ecophysiology and competition of weeds in rice, ecology, herbicide-resistant weeds, integrated weed management UC Davis dept. profile
Brenda Grewell Ecologist   USDA-ARS (UC Davis) dept. profile
Brad Hanson CE Weed Specialist   UC Davis dept. profile
Kurt Hembree Farm Advisor   Fresno website
Jodie Holt Professor   UC Riverside dept. profile
Marie Jasieniuk Professor population genetics, molecular ecology, and evolution of agricultural weeds and invasive plants UC Davis dept. profile
Guy Kyser Weed Specialist   UC Davis  
Tom Lanini CE Weed Ecologist ecology, weed crop competition, weed biology and low-input agriculture UC Davis  
Michelle Le Strange Farm Advisor   Tulare website
Dan Marcum Farm Advisor   Shasta :: Lassen website
Chris McDonald Farm Advisor   San Bernardino :: Riverside :: Imperial website
Milt McGiffen CE Specialist   UC Riverside dept. profile
Richard Molinar Farm Advisor   Fresno  
Doug Munier Farm Advisor field crops production with an emphasis on weed control Glenn :: Butte :: Colusa :: Tehama website
Scott Oneto Farm Advisor   Amador :: El Dorado :: Tuolumne :: Calaveras  
Steve Orloff Farm Advisor   Siskiyou website
John Roncoroni Farm Advisor weed control, vegetation management in perennial crops, aquatic weeds Napa :: Marin :: Sonoma :: Lake :: Mendocino website
Jerry Schmierer Farm Advisor   Colusa :: Glenn :: Sutter-Yuba website
Richard Smith Farm Advisor   Monterey :: San Benito :: Santa Cruz website
Dave Spencer Ecologist   USDA-ARS (UC Davis) dept. profile
Scott Stoddard Farm Advisor   Merced :: Madera website
Cheryl Wilen Area IPM Advisor   San Diego :: Los Angeles :: Orange website
Rob Wilson Farm Advisor   Intermountain Research & Extension Center, Tulelake  
Steve Wright Farm Advisor   Tulare website