Jenny Broome
Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education Program
(530)754-8547
FAX: (530) 754-8550
sarep@ucdavis.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, 1994.
M.S., Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, 1990.
B.A., Biological Sciences, Swarthmore College, 1984.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) Coordinator and Analyst in Ecologically Based Pest Management, August 1997-present.
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.Environmental Research Scientist, 1994-1997. California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring and Pest Management Branch, Sacramento, Ca. Developed tools and models that aid in pest management decision making. Developed and implemented a new competitive grants program to encourage the use and demonstration of environmentally sound pest management in California.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Broome, J.C., Marois, J.J., and Latorre, B.A. 1997. Effect of leaf removal and fungicides on the incidence and severity of Botrytis bunch rot in Thompson seedless table grapes in Chile. Plant Disease, in preparation September, 1997.Broome, J.C., Marois, J.J., and Latorre, B.A. 1997. Effects of leaf removal on Thompson seedless table grapes grown in the Chilean arbor: grape composition, cuticle and epicuticular wax thickness, berry color and bud necrosis, Am. J. Enol. and Vit., in preparation September
1997.Broome, J.C., Marois, J.J., Cassman, K.G. and Brouder, S.A. 1997. Soil nutrient effects on population dynamics of Verticillium dahliae and roots of Gossypium hirsutum," Soil Biology and Biochemistry, in preparation September 1997.
Akers, P., Wilhoit, L., Broome, J.C., Hobza, R., Teso, R., and Supkoff, D. 1995. An Inventory of Pest Management Practices in the Lompoc Valley, Second Edition, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Pest Management, Analysis and Planning, PM 95-02.
Broome, J.C., English, J.T., Marois, J.J., Latorre, B.A., and Aviles, J.C. 1995. Development of an infection model for Botrytis bunch rot of grapes based on wetness duration and temperature, Phytopathology, 85:97-102.
Papalomatus, E.J., Bassett, D.M., Broome, J.C., and DeVay, J.E. 1992. Incidence of Verticillium wilt and yield losses of cotton cultivars (Gossypium hirsutum) based on soil inoculum density of Verticillium dahliae. Phytopathology 82:12:1417-1420.
Marois, J.J. and Broome, J.C. 1992. Interactions among fertilizer, roots and pathogen populations. Proceedings of the California Plant and Soil Conference: " Decisions-making in an uncertain environment". California chapter of the American Society of Agronomy, Fresno, Jan. 28-29, 1992. p. 33-37.
Marois, J.J., English, J.T., and Broome, J.C. 1990. "Integration of biological control of plant pathogens into IPM programs", Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Prod. Res. Conf., National Cotton Council of America, 50th Cotton Disease Council, pp. 19-23.
Current/Past Projects:
Coordinate the Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) competitive grants program ($970,000 total available to date) to support demonstration projects for partnerships in agricultural chemical risk reduction.
Analyst in Ecologically Based Pest Management, develop and extend ecologically based pest management practices and systems.
Lead scientist in development of the plant disease model database for PestCast, a statewide weather-monitoring and disease forecasting network. PestCast is a collaborative project of the University of California's Statewide IPM Project, DPR, USEPA, and the Agricultural Industry in California.
Member of the Central Coast Natural Vineyard Team, a Tri-County Central Coast community-based group of grape growers, vineyard managers, wineries and interested researchers and extensionists committed to "identifying the most environmentally safe, viticulturally effective, and economically sustainable farming methods". The team hopes to be a model for wine grape growers and develop the public trust. The team has developed a description of a regionally specific integrated vineyard management system for grape grower self-evaluation and educational purposes.
Member of the A Team - An interdisciplinary assessment team in support of evaluation efforts of Biologically Integrated Farming Systems projects in California.
Member of the Steering Committee for the 1998 Ecolabeling Conference for Winegrape Growing in California, to be held in February in the Central Valley.
Member of the Board of Directors of Collaborative Research and Designs for Agriculture (CRDA), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the environmental, social, and economic performance of agriculture, 1996 to present.
Member of the Placement Committee for the American Phytopathological Society (APS).