UC Organic Farming Research Workgroup Directory
Individual Listing| Name | Kendra Baumgartner | Title | Research Plant Pathologist |
| Phone | 530-754-7461 | kbaumgartner@ucdavis.edu | |
| Organization/Business | USDA, Agricultural Research Service | Occupation | Researcher |
| Web Site | Workgroup(s) | Organic Farming Workgroup | |
| County(ies) | Monterey Napa Sonoma | Commodities | Grape, wine |
| Expertise and Research Interests | Organic Soil Management Integrated Organic Cropping Systems Organic Pest Management | ||
| Publications / Products | Research Area: Sustainable viticulture; epidemiology and control of grapevine diseases; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grapevine roots and cover crop roots; Armillaria root disease of grapevines; alternatives to pre-emergent herbicides. References: Baumgartner, K., and D. M. Rizzo. 2000. Oak root fungus on grapevines. Practical Winery and Vineyard (March/April) 2000: 13-16. Baumgartner, K., and D. M. Rizzo. 2001. Distribution of Armillaria species in California. Mycologia 93:821-830. Baumgartner, K., and D. M. Rizzo. 2001. Ecology of Armillaria spp. in mixed-hardwood forests of California. Plant Disease 85:947-951. Baumgartner, K., and D. M. Rizzo. 2002. Spread of Armillaria root disease in a California vineyard. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. (in press). | ||