Karmjot Randhawa
Fresno/Madera/Kings/Tulare Counties
Email: kgrandhawa@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-241-7514
Contact Information
Tulare County
Cooperative Extension
4437-B S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274
Phone: (559) 684-3300
Fax: (559) 685-3319
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New Advisor Spotlight
Dr. Mandeep Riar joined UCCE on September 1, 2023, as the Restoration Ecology and Weed Science advisor for Kern, Tulare, and Kings counties.
As water availability issues are causing dramatic shifts in agricultural land use in California, these ultimately cause a shift in the weed flora too. In her current role, Dr. Riar is focused on ecological restoration and weed management in fallowed, retired, and abandoned agricultural lands and natural areas. The overall goal is to enhance the restoration efforts while minimizing the impact of invasive weeds.
Dr. Riar earned a M.S. in Agricultural Meteorology and Agronomy from Punjab Agricultural University, India and a Ph.D. in Weed Science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Her dissertation work was focused on environmental, cultural, and biological factors influencing the growth and geographical expansion of invasive weeds. As a post-doctoral research associate, Dr. Riar worked on abiotic stress evaluation in various field crops including soybean and sorghum and identified genotypes for superior drought tolerance.
Dr. Riar is based in UCCE Bakersfield and can be reached at (661) 868-6216 and mriar@ucanr.edu.
Title: Restoration Ecology and Weed Science Advisor
Specialty: Crop and weed physiology Land restoration
Address:
Cooperative Extension Kern County
1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: 661-868-6216
Email: mriar@ucanr.edu
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Programmatic Blogs
https://mailchi.mp/bbadd93a383f/new-ucce-dairy-advisor-for-tulare-and-kern-counties?e=319259dd68
https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=58188
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CDFA Outreach and Education
As part of the Governor’s Enforcement Task Force member, the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) targeted action is to provide outreach and education to the agricultural community. Below is the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 guidance, checklists and videos that can be sent out as educational material to the agricultural sectors.
Cal/OSHA Checklist and Guidance:
- Infection Prevention for Agricultural Employers and Employees
English | Español | ?? (Chinese) | Ti?ng Vi?t (Vietnamese)
- COVID-19 Worker Protection Video – Infection Prevention for Agricultural Workers
English(Video Transcript) – Posted May 20, 2020
Español(transcripción de video en español) – Posted May 29, 2020
Mixteco(Mixteco Video Transcript) – Posted June 5, 2020
Calendar
Event Name | Date |
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2024 Advances in Pistachio Production Short Course | 11/5/2024 |
Tulare County Agricultural Building