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Name	Ben A Faber	Title	Farm Advisor
Phone	805-645-1462	Email	bafaber@ucdavis.edu
Organization/Business	UCCE Ventura County	Occupation	Extension/Educator
Web Site	ceventura.ucdavis.edu	Workgroup(s)	Organic Farming Workgroup
County(ies)	San Diego San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Ventura	Commodities	Avocado Citrus Fruits

Expertise and Research Interests	Organic Soil Management Mulch Use Organic Pest Management Cultural Practices for control of avocado pests
Publications / Products	Soil Management issues, including erosion, fertility and disease; Irrigation Management and Subtropical Tree Crops (chermioya, litchi, longan, sapote, avocado, citrus and blueberry) Faber, B.A., A.J. Downer and J.A. Menge. 2001. Differential effects of mulch on citrus and avocado. Acta Hort (557) 303-307. Yee, W.L., P.A. Phillips and B.A. Faber. 2001. Effects of aerial spray volume, coverage and sabadilla on Scirtothrips perseae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). J Econ Ent 94(5): 1086-1089. Yee, W.L, P.A. Phillips, J.L. Rodgers and B.A. Faber. 2001. Phenology of arthropod pests and associated natural predators on avocado leaves, fruit and in leaf litter in Southern California. Env Ent 30(5): 892-898 Downer, Jim, Ben Faber and John Menge. 2002. Factors affecting root rot control in mulched avocado orchards. HortTech 12(4): 601-605. Faber, B.A., M. McGiffen and D. Cudney. 1998. Weed suppression effects of mulch on citrus. In: 1998 Weed Sci Soc America Procs, Santa Barbara, CA. Downer, A.J., J.A. Menge, H.D. Ohr, B.A. Faber, B.S. McKee, E. Pond, M.G. Crowley and S.D. Campbell. 1999. The effect of yard trimmings as a mulch on growth of avocado and avocado root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Calif Avo Soc Yrbk 83: 87-104. Faber, B.A. 1999. Erosion control using mulch or cover crops in lemon orchards. In: Procs Cover Crop Workgroup Ann Meet, Parlier, CA. pp. 45-52 Oevering, P., M.S. Hoddle, J.L. Rodgers, B.A. Faber and P.A. Phillips. 2002. Evaluating releases of Franklinothrips orizabensis Johansen as a biological control agent for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara in an avocado orchard. In: Procs. CCBCIII: 45-48. Faber, B.A., A.J. Downer and J.A Menge. 2003. Effects of mulch on avocado and citrus. In: Procs. 5th World Avocado Cong., Malaga, Spain.