In 1992, SAREP began providing small grants on a competitive basis to graduate students doing research in sustainable agriculture. Many of these students have completed their research and moved on to meaningful careers in agriculture and natural resources management. The following is a list of theses and dissertations that have been completed by students receiving these awards. The titles indicate the variety of projects and areas of discovery that the graduate awards have supported.

1992 Awards

Jeff Dlott. 1993. Participatory Research in Sustainable Agriculture: Peach Twig Borer, Anarsia lineatella Zeller, Biology and Natural Biological Control by Formica aerata in California Peach Agroecosystems. University of California, Berkeley.

Niklaus Grunwald. 1997. Characterization of Soil Nutrient and Microbial Variables associated with Pythium aphanidermatum and Rhizoctonia solani Growth and Tomato Damping-off during Short-term Cover Crop Decomposition. University of California, Davis.

Nirmala Gunapala. 1994. Soil Microbial Dynamics and Nitrogen Availability in Organic, Low-Input and Conventional Cropping Systems. University of California, Davis.

Jeff Mitchell. 1995. A Cropping Systems Approach to Improving Water Use Efficiency in Semi-Arid Irrigated Production Areas. University of California, Davis.

Hilary Sampson. 1996. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Extractable Nitrogen in the Surface Soil of Three California Almond Orchard Systems. University of California, Davis.

Eric Tedford. 1994. Transmission of the Nematophagous Fungus Hirstulla rhossiliensis in Soil. University of California, Davis.

Robert Venette. 1997. Assessment of the Colonization Potential of Introduced Species During Biological Invasions. University of California, Davis.

Fekede Workneh. 1993. Comparison of Severity of Corky Root (Pyrenochaeta lycopersici) and Phytophthora Root Rot (Phytophthora parasitica) on Tomato and Associated Soil and Plant Variables on Organic and Conventional Farms. University of California, Davis.

1994 Awards

George Heimpel. 1995. Host Feeding Strategies of Aphytis Parasitoids. University of California, Davis.

Jennifer Katcher. 1996. Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization, Irrigation Cultivar and Maturity on Mechanisms of Almond Hull Rot Resistance. University of California, Davis.

Heinrich Schweizer. 1996. Mortality of Citrus Thrips, Scirtothrips citri (Moulton) on Ground Factors Affecting the Degree of Fruit Scarring. University of California, Riverside.

Laura Tourte. 1996. The Effects Of Kelp (Seaweed) Extract and Fish Powder Sprays on Organically Grown Processing Tomatoes: Plant Growth, Yield and Economics. University of California, Davis.

1995 Awards

Davis Smethurst. 1997. Transforming the High Country: Absentee Ownership and Environmental Change in the Central Sierra. University of California, Berkeley