Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Cooperative Extension Tulare County4437-B S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274
(559) 684-3314
cafrate@ucanr.edu
Education
M.S. Plant Pathology, UC Davis. 1977
Specialty
Alfalfa, dry beans, sugarbeets, corn, plant pathologyAreas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Field Crops
- Sugar Beets
- Forage Crops
- Alfalfa
- Silage and Green Chop
- Beans, Dry - Blackeyed
- Plants and Their Systems
- Plant Biological Efficiency and Abiotic Stresses Affecting Plants
- Plant Management Systems
- Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
- Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants
- Weeds Affecting Plants
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships
- Agricultural, Natural Resource and Biological Engineering
- Waste Disposal, Recycling, and Reuse
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Conservation Agriculture - Member
- Plant Pathology - Member
- Precision Agriculture - Member
- Waste Management and Compost - Member
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