CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Science, California State
University, Fresno.
RESEARCH
Salinity and drainage management/ Irrigation with
saline water.
- Evaluation of forages and halophytes for saline
agriculture
- Plant responses to saline irrigation (growth,
evapotranspiration, and trace element uptake).
- Effects of saline irrigation on soils: management
and reclamation.
- Use of wastewaters for irrigation
Use of wastewaters for irrigation
TEACHING
Undergraduate courses: Crop nutrition and Soils.
Graduate: Plant Nutrition, Soil & Water Relations, Graduate
Seminar on contemporary agricultural issues.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Plant Physiology, University of
California, Davis CA. 1995.
Dissertation: Antioxidant enzyme activity and photosynthesis in mature
branches of ponderosa pine exposed to ozone and acid precipitation.
Advisors: Dr. Terence M. Murphy and Dr. André Läuchli.
Master of Science, Plant Pathology, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh. 1984. Thesis: Role of melanin in
dicarboximide fungicide resistance in Monilinia fructicola (brown rot
pathogen of peach) .
Bachelor of Science, Botany, cum laude; minor
in Plant Science, Univ. New Hampshire, Durham. 1982.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Professional Soil Science Association of California
(PSSAC)
American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and
California chapter (CA-ASA)
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