Report Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
August 2007 ■ Vol. 21 No. 2
INSIDE
Allen-Diaz named
2 ANR calls for Core Issue Grants
proposals assistant vice president for programs
B
Request for proposals: Kearney
REC, Kearney Foundation, South arbara Allen-Diaz has been named As AVP-Programs, Allen-Diaz will
Coast REC, Renewable Resources ANR assistant vice president for be the programmatic leader for ANR
Extension Act programs, effective Sept. 1. Allen-Diaz is and responsible for guiding all ANR
currently a professor and the academic programs at the
3 Snapshot of acting VP activities
Employment opportunities
Russell Rustici Chair in Range- statewide level. The AVP-Pro-
land Management in the UC grams serves as the statewide
administrative leader for
4 Names in the news
Postharvest "Produce Facts"
Berkeley College of Natural
Resources. county-based Cooperative
available in 4 languages She has served UC for Extension programs and the
over 20 years as a UC Berke- director for the research and
extension centers. ANR’s
5 Retirement: Kader
In memoriam: G. Eric Bradford
ley professor and member of
four program leaders, three
the Agricultural Experiment
California Backyard Orchard Web regional directors, and the
Station. She has also served
directors for the nine research
as department chair of Envi-
and extension centers report
ronmental Science, Policy and
Barbara Allen-Diaz to her. She reports to the ANR
Dynes to resign Management and executive as-
sociate dean of CNR. In 2005 Allen-Diaz
associate vice president.
“Barbara’s own research and teach-
President Dynes has was awarded the first Russell Rustici ing programs have made strong use of
announced his plans Chair in Rangeland Management, in both the Hopland and Sierra Foothill
to step down as UC recognition of her strong program in research and extension centers, so she
president in June 2008, range management and ecology. Her is very familiar with this important
or upon the appoint- research has included the effects of area,” said Rick Standiford, acting
ment of his successor, livestock grazing on natural resources, vice president. “She brings a wealth of
after serving a five-year oak woodlands and ecosystems of the knowledge about the full range of ANR’s
term in office. He will
Sierra Nevada. programs and I am excited to have her
return to his faculty Bob Dynes “I am honored to be working with join my staff.”
position.
Division academics and staff from Allen-Diaz was born in Mt. Vernon,
Dynes’ letter to UC colleagues is at
the campuses, regions and counties,” Wash., and raised in the small town of
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Allen-Diaz said, “to provide leader- Edmonds, 15 miles north of Seattle.
dynes/dynesletter.pdf.
ship and vision for the Division to She earned her bachelor ’s, master ’s
continue making a difference here in and doctoral degrees at UC Berkeley.
Casey named SMU VP for California and the world. Before joining the UC faculty in 1986,
Business and Finance “ANR possesses the expertise she worked for the U.S. Forest Service
and passion to understand, critique, for six years as a regional ecologist
Christine Casey has debate and provide the scientific basis for Region 5, with responsibilities
been named vice presi- for evaluation of social, economic and for California’s 20 million acres of
dent for Business and environmental consequences of various national forest. The Society for Range
Finance at Southern approaches to sustainability,” she said. Management honored her with its Out-
Methodist University “Our commitment to diversity, multi- standing Achievement Award in 2001,
in Dallas, Texas. Casey, culturalism and community will aid in and the following year the California
who has served as this endeavor. The future of our Division chapter named her Range Manager of
ANR’s assistant vice depends on capturing opportunities to the Year.
president - Adminis- Christine Casey integrate social, political and biological Chantal Guillemin will be assisting
trative Services since sciences in solving global environmental Allen-Diaz during the transition. Guil-
2005, will begin her duties at the private problems to ensure a sustainable world lemin can be reached at (510) 987-0024
university on Sept. 1. Continued on p.4 future.” and chantal.guillemin@ucop.edu.
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ANR calls for Core Issue
Grants proposals Requests for Proposals
ANR is soliciting proposals for the FY
Kearney REC receive a higher priority.
2008-09 ANR Core Issue Grants. This
grants program is intended to foster Kearney Research and Extension Center Two examples of relevant courses: a)
collaborative efforts of Agricultural is soliciting proposals for new and dem- A field trip course format that examines
Experiment Station faculty, Cooperative onstration projects for the period Nov. 1, spatial-temporal soil dynamics in one or
Extension specialists and CE advisors to 2007 through Oct. 31, 2008. more ecosystems. The format could con-
address ANR high priority core issues and Located near Fresno in the San sist of a multi-day field trip or several day-
target opportunities identified below or a Joaquin Valley, Kearney has 330 acres long field excursions; or b) An integrated,
critical emerging issue that is not reflected suitable for many types of tree, vine, and multidisciplinary field course in which
in the current Core Issues. row crops. Refer questions regarding field spatial-temporal soil measurements are
Preference will be given to proposals research management to Chuck Boldwyn, taken over the course of a typical field
outlining projects that use a multidisci- (559) 646-6020, cboldwyn@uckac.edu. season. For example, the spatial-temporal
plinary, systems approach and a balance Kearney has specialized research dynamics in the hydrology/physics, min-
of activities and roles across the research- facilities suitable for greenhouse, post- eralogy, chemistry, nutrient availability,
extension continuum. Extra consideration harvest, sample handling (including cold microbiology, and plant phenology of
will be given to proposals that will leverage storage and drying) and assorted labora- vernal pool wetlands would make for an
funding and /or will contribute to multi- tory research activities. Refer questions interesting study.
state research and extension efforts. about these facilities to Laura Van der 3. Support for short-courses and
This year Core Issue Grants will be Staay, (559) 646-6030, lvdstaay@uckac. outreach activities that contain a sig-
awarded for either: edu. nificant spatial-temporal soil ecosystem
Tier I – Projects requesting up to Direct other inquires to Center dynamics component. Examples include
$40,000 for 14 months. Project team must Director Fred Swanson, (559) 646-6060, stakeholder meetings for precision agri-
include ANR campus-based (AES and/or fswanson@uckac.edu. culture, utilization of digital soil survey
CE) and county-based CE academics; or, Proposal forms can be obtained products, and irrigation management
Tier II – Projects requesting up to at http://groups.ucanr.org/krec/Re- strategies. CE specialists and county advi-
$80,000 for 26 months. Project team must search/Research_Forms.htm and are due sors are especially welcome to consider
include ANR campus-based AES and by Oct. 15. Submit all forms electronically this source of funding to enhance their
county-based CE academics and may to Janie Duran at jduran@uckac.edu. outreach programs.
include CE specialists. To learn more about Kearney, visit 4. Seminar support. Kearney offers
At least 60 percent of Core Issue Grant http://groups.ucanr.org/krec/. funding to support seminar speakers in
funds will be awarded to projects propos- the area of spatial and temporal scaling in
ing collaboration between AES faculty and Kearney Foundation of Soil Science soil ecosystems. The speaker’s topic must
CE advisors. be clearly related to the current 2006-2011
The Kearney Foundation of Soil Science of- mission. Kearney funding can support
Leadership for proposals can come
fers the following funding opportunities: travel expenses, lodging and board for
from ANR centers, statewide programs,
1. Undergraduate internship sup- the speaker up to $500 for in-state, $1,000
workgroups, or individuals. Principal
port. A maximum of $3,000 is available to for out-of-state domestic, and $1,200 for
investigators (PIs) must hold an academic
support an undergraduate intern during international speakers.
appointment in ANR, either campus
either the summer or academic year on Applicants for Kearney funding must
or county-based. If there are multiple
research related to the current mission. have UC or UC-ANR affiliation. Deadline
PIs, at least one PI must have an ANR
Funding is limited to one intern per to submit proposals is Aug. 31. The RFP
appointment.
faculty/CE specialist/county advisor at is posted on the Kearney Web site at
Funding may be requested for one- any one time. You do not need to have
time projects, redirection of existing http://kearney.ucdavis.edu.
a funded Kearney proposal to apply for For more information about these
individual academic programs, or “seed this funding. funding opportunities, please e-mail to
money” for longer term efforts, in which 2. Graduate course development on Kearney@ucdavis.edu and/or visit the
case, proposals should include plans for the topic of spatial-temporal dynamics in Kearney Foundation Web site at http://
securing continued external funding or soil ecosystems. This funding opportunity kearney.ucdavis.edu.
institutionalization of the project’s program is intended to support the development
component. of courses having a significant field South Coast REC
For a list of priority core issues or component that requires field equipment The South Coast Research and Extension
other information about the grants, go to or instrumentation to develop (no salary Center (SCREC) is soliciting proposals for
http://ucanr.org/cig/. All proposals must support is allowed). Maximum funding new and continuing research and demon-
be submitted by Oct. 1 via http://ucanr. is $5,000 per integrated field course and stration projects for calendar year 2008.
org/cig/. Funding decisions will be made $500 for field trip format. Those propos- Proposals are due by Sept. 21.
in January. als demonstrating matching funds will
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continued from page 2 Renewable Resources Extension Act
Snapshot of acting VP activities
The Renewable Resources Extension Over the past four weeks,
Located on 200 acres, SCREC has Act (RREA) Statewide Program is acting VP Standiford
engaged in the following meetings:
land suitable for growing row, orchard requesting proposals for education
and field crops, and turfgrass, landscape programs for the 2007-2008 federal 7/16-17 Western Extension Directors Assoc.
and nursery plants. Usable orchards are fiscal year. Areas of priority are identi- Joint meeting, Jackson Hole, WY
available for new research or demonstra- fied in the call. The call and application
7/23 President Dynes Cabinet--Office of
tion projects on ‘Hass’ avocado trees. forms are available at http://groups. Research Vice Provost Coleman
There is also ample greenhouse bench ucanr.org/rrea/.
7/25 California State Board of Food and
space. The funding period is Oct.1, 2007 Agriculture, Sacramento
SCREC also provides labor, equip- to Sept. 30, 2008. Deadline to submit Dean Van Alfen, CAES, UC Davis
ment, facilities and technical and man- proposals, which must be done online,
is Sept. 10. 7/26 CCSR Regional Director Peggy Mauk
agement support to UC academics and
The general funding ranges are Acting Dean Cooksey, CNAS, UC
to personnel from cooperating non-UC
from $6,000 to $12,000. Proposals will Riverside
organizations, such as USDA. Projects
be reviewed for merit by a Technical Program Leader Marylynn Yates
approved by the Research Advisory
Advisory Committee. Decisions on 7/31 CDFA Secretary AG Kawamura,
Committee (RAC) will be eligible for funding will be made by mid-October Sacramento
SCREC labor support. and applicants will be notified by let-
F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n c o n - ter of award or rejection by the end of
8/7 4H Foundation Staff, Oakland
tact Julie Chavez, (949) 653-1824, October or soon after. 8/13 President Dynes Cabinet
jgchavez@ucdavis.edu. Questions can be directed to Nikki 8/15 California Farm Bureau Federation
For proposal forms, visit http:// Humphreys in the North Coast and President Doug Mosebar, Sacramento
danrrec.ucdavis.edu/rec/form or call Mountain Region at (530) 754-8510, Congressman Sam Farr with Steve
Julie Chavez. nrhumphreys@ucdavis.edu or to Pam Nation, Salinas
All forms must be submitted to Julie Tise at (530) 754-8509, pdtise@ucdavis. 8/16 Provost and Executive Vice President
Chavez as e-mail attachments. edu. Hume
Employment Opportunities
Shasta and Trinity counties: Nutrition, public health nutrition, community nutri- monographs, serials, manuscript materials,
family and consumer sciences advisor tion, or family and consumer sciences. and other formats as needed.
UCCE is seeking a nutrition, family and Beginning salary will be in the CE A graduate degree in librarianship
consumer sciences advisor for Shasta Assistant Advisor rank, commensurate from an ALA-accredited institution, or
and Trinity counties to conduct a county- with experience and education. If the equivalent degree and four or more years
based extension, educational and applied successful candidate is currently a CE of cataloging experience is required. Can-
research program in nutrition, family and advisor, the candidate will be offered the didates must have working knowledge
consumer sciences (NF&CS) for all ethnic position as a lateral transfer, retaining their of AACR2, LC Subject Headings and
and socioeconomic groups, individuals, current rank, step, salary, and definite or MARC coding, and relevant cataloging
community agencies, associations and non- indefinite status. experience and demonstrated experience
profit groups. Headquartered in Redding, See position description for ANCM working with an online bibliographic
this advisor will administer FSNEP in both #07-07 at http://ucanr.org/jobs. utility (i.e., OCLC, RLIN).
counties. Deadline to apply is Sept. 1. shtml#ncmj. Download the Academic Ap- The salary is in the Associate Librar-
The NF&CS advisor will implement plication form at http://ucanr.org/jobs. ian I to Associate Librarian III range,
applied research programs in areas such shtml. depending upon qualifications.
as human nutrition, chronic disease For more information, contact Pam For complete position description and
prevention (diabetes, heart disease, and Tise at pdtise@ucdavis.edu. to apply, go to http://www.san-andreas-
cancers), food safety and accessibility, sla.org/jobline/070808ptcataloger.html.
obesity, parenting and aging education, Water Resources Center Archives: The position is open until filled, but re-
family resource management, and nutri- Librarian view of applications will begin Sept. 1.
tion issues unique to the youth population The Water Resources Center Archives, Send the application package to
and the senior population. A minimum located on the UC Berkeley campus, is Linda Vida,Water Resources Center Ar-
of a master’s degree is required in one of seeking a part-time (40 percent) librarian chives, 410 O’Brien Hall, UC, Berkeley,
the disciplines relevant to the duties and to do cataloging for 1 year. The cataloger CA 94720-1718, or fax to (510) 642-9143;
responsibilities of this position, including is responsible for original cataloging of or e-mail to lvida@library.berkeley.edu.
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Names in the News
Postharvest “Produce
Collins named NFCS advisor Gomez named lead accountant Facts” available in
Margaret Collins joined Federico Gomez joined 4 languages
the North Coast and Financial Services as
Mountain Region staff lead accountant on July The Postharvest Technology Research
as the nutrition, family 16. He is responsible & Information Center’s Web site is
and consumer sciences for overseeing and co- making steady progress to make all
advisor for Tuolumne ordinating some of the of its 128 commodity resource pages
and Mariposa counties general accounting titled “Produce Facts: Recommenda-
on July 16. functions for the Divi- tions for Maintaining Postharvest
Prior to her role as sion, including financial
Quality” available in Arabic, English,
advisor, Collins recently returned from Ire- reporting and analysis.
French, and Spanish.
land where she conducted a national study He has worked for UCOP General
Adel Kader, UC Davis posthar-
on quality of life and diabetes care. Collins Accounting since 1989 in various areas of
was awarded her Ph.D. in Public Health administration, accounting management vest physiologist emeritus, who is
at the University College Cork, Ireland and financial reporting. fluent in Arabic is leading this proj-
under Professor Ivan J. Perry, Department Gomez earned a bachelor’s degree ect, which has received the support
of Epidemiology and Public Health. in accounting from National University of postharvest specialists around
Before moving to Ireland she com- Autonomous of Mexico in Mexico City, the world.
pleted an M.Sc. in Nutrition at Saint Joseph where he also became a certified public Produce Facts summarize the
College in West Hartford, Conn. Collins accountant. While attending UNAM, he latest recommendations for main-
also has extensive food industry experi- played soccer for a couple of years with taining postharvest quality of hor-
ence with the HJ Heinz Company, where the Pumas, the university’s soccer team. ticultural perishables. The Produce
she worked in product development and He earned his M.B.A. from the University
Facts pages are some of the most
regulatory affairs. of San Francisco.
visited pages of the Postharvest Tech-
Her current major research interests Before joining UC, Gomez worked a
nology Web site (http://postharvest.
include chronic disease with a focus on few years for the State Bar of California.
the role of diet and lifestyle and access to He also worked for several years with ucdavis.edu), which receives over
health care and quality of care. Japanese and Taiwanese international 200,000 page views monthly.
Collins is based in Sonora and trading companies in San Francisco. Covering apricots to yellow as-
can be reached at (209) 533-6991 and Gomez can be reached at (510) 987-0055 ters, the Produce Facts are organized
mmcollins@ucdavis.edu. and federico.gomez@ucop.edu. into three categories: fruits and mel-
ons, vegetables, and ornamentals.
Each fact page includes information
about measuring the commodity’s
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maturity, quality, optimum tempera-
ture and relative humidity, rates of
“Chris’ accomplishments at UC worked to bring the REC system operations
respiration and ethylene production,
during the past two years are impressive in line with the operations of ANR.
responses to ethylene and controlled
and clearly led to her selection for this A search for Casey’s successor will
atmospheres, and various physical,
important position at SMU,” said Rick begin this fall. Standiford appointed Kay
physiological and pathological
Standiford, acting vice president. “In two Harrison Taber, deputy to the VP, as acting
disorders. Most of the pages have
short years, Chris vastly improved ANR’s assistant vice president, Administrative
links to photographs illustrating
budget process, which is now clear and Services effective Sept. 1 until the search
these disorders and other aspects of
transparent, developed a unified approach is completed.
produce quality.
to administrative issues, and formed a “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time
A complete list of the Produce
strong platform for fairness, service and with ANR and will miss interacting with
Facts is in English at http://post-
reliability in all of our administrative units. those in the division,” said Casey. “I truly
harvest.ucdavis.edu/Produce/Pro-
Her remarkable ability as a problem solver appreciate the support of all those in the
ducefacts/index.shtml. For more
who adopts an open and collaborative style division as we worked to put efficient
information about Produce Facts,
has positively enhanced the functioning of administrative processes in place to en-
contact Adel Kader at (530) 752-0909
many of our statewide programs.” hance the ANR operations. I am confident
or aakader@ucdavis.edu.
During the past year, Casey took on the under Kay’s leadership, progress will
– Mary Reed
additional responsibility as interim director continue and further improvements will
of the Research and Extension Centers and be made.”
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Retirement Kader took pride in mentoring 36 In memoriam
graduate students and 60 researchers who
Adel Kader worked in his lab. Among his students G. Eric Bradford
were Kathy Kelley Anderson, Stanislaus G. Eric Bradford, profes-
Adel Kader, UC Davis
County farm advisor; Mary Lu Arpaia, sor emeritus in the UC
postharvest physiol-
UC Riverside subtropical horticulture Davis Department of
ogy professor, retired
specialist; and James Gorny, who was Animal Science, died of
June 28 after 35 years,
recently named executive director of heart failure July 29. He
including 29 years
the UC Davis Postharvest Technology was 77.
with a split appoint-
Research and Information Center.
ment as a UC Co- Bradford gave 50
Arpaia says Kader has played an im-
operative Extension years of service, building
portant role in the fresh fruit and vegetable
specialist. programs in livestock
industries because he kept researchers
A native of Cairo, Egypt, Kader breeding, animal growth and repro-
and processors focused on quality.
earned his bachelor’s degree in horti- duction, and agricultural sustainability.
In 1979 he and his colleagues began
culture from Ain Shams University in Bradford was born in Canada and
offering the annual two-week Post-
Cairo, then came to UC Davis in 1961 grew up on a small farm in Quebec. He
harvest Technology Short Course. The
to pursue graduate studies. After earn- received his bachelor’s degree in agricul-
second week is a tour from Davis down
ing his master’s in vegetable crops and ture from McGill University, Montreal,
to Bakersfield and back via the coast,
Ph.D. in plant physiology, he returned in 1951, then attended the University of
from Salinas through San Francisco, to
to Cairo and taught and conducted Wisconsin, Madison, where he received
visit 20 postharvest handling operations
research at Ain Shams University for his master’s degree and a Ph.D. in genetics
for fruits, vegetables and ornamental
six years. In 1972 he joined the UC and animal husbandry.
horticulture.
Davis faculty and became a U.S. citizen He joined UC Davis in 1957 as an
In 1998 he launched a Web site (post-
in 1976.
harvest.ucdavis.edu) that has become the assistant professor in animal husbandry.
His research focused on preserving premier source of postharvest informa- Hired to establish a sheep breeding
the flavor and nutritional quality of tion worldwide, averaging more than program, Bradford studied the genetics
intact and fresh-cut fruits. Kader studied 200,000 hits per month. In retirement, he of reproduction and growth in livestock,
phytonutrients, controlled atmosphere volunteers as technical editor for the site working extensively at the Hopland field
storage, and the biological responses and intends to do consulting to raise funds station. He was one of the first livestock
of fruits to controlled atmosphere for the postharvest endowment. He and breeders also to work with laboratory
storage. He published more than 230 his wife, Aileen, also plan to travel and animals, discovering a “high growth” gene
technical publications, and edited and spend time with their grandchildren. in mice and a gene for large litter size in
co-authored a book titled “Postharvest For full story, see http://news.ucanr. Javanese sheep.
Technology of Horticultural Crops.” org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=1006. He served two terms as chair of the
Department of Animal Science, 1973-78
and 1990-92. He also was an associate
ANR REPORT California Backyard dean of the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences.
Orchard Web site has a Bradford had a strong interest in
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Division of Agriculture new look global agriculture and sustainability. From
and Natural Resources
Thanks to funding from the Elvinia J. 1978 to 1994 he was a principal investiga-
(ANR) Slosson Research Endowment and an tor in the Small Ruminant Collaborative
Research Support Program funded by
Serving California through the creation, de- exceptionally talented UC Davis student
velopment and application of knowledge in the U.S. Agency for International Devel-
agricultural, natural and human resources. assistant, Alex Hong, the California Back-
opment, carrying out studies in Kenya,
We invite you to yard Orchard Web site has a new look and
visit ANR’s Web site: Indonesia and Morocco.
coding. The updated site not only looks
www.ucanr.org. Bradford retired in 1993 but remained
better. It is compliant with ADA (Ameri-
To access back issues of ANR Report, active, notably in the planning and devel-
log on to http://danr.ucop.edu//anr-report/ cans with Disabilities Act) regulations and opment of the Agricultural Sustainability
Send news items and comments to will be easier to maintain through the use Institute at UC Davis, which was estab-
ANR Report of cascading style sheets (CSS). lished in 2005.
Office of Governmental & External Relations They also added links to more than Bradford is survived by his wife of
1111 Franklin Street, 6th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-5200. two dozen relevant publications from the 53 years, Elizabeth, of Davis; their four
Telephone: (510) 987-0043; UC Agriculture & Natural Resources 7000 children, Anne Harris of Madison, Wis.,
fax: (510) 465-2659;
e-mail: ANR-Report@ucop.edu & 8000 series. You can browse the new site Ken Bradford and Margaret Aumann,
at http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu. both of Davis, and Ellen Javete of Pleasant
For nondiscrimination policy, click here.
– Donna Seaver Hill; and six grandchildren.
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