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Individual Crop Content Review & Credit

Almond

Apple

Apricot

Expert Reviewers
Craig Ledbetter, Geneticist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, California; Scott Johnson, UCCE Pomologist, Kearney Agricultural & Research Center, Parlier, California and Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Authors
Brooke Jacobs & Jennifer Orsi, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Cherry

Expert Reviewers
Brooke Jacobs, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Kitren Glozer, Project Scientist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Joe Grant, UCCE Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County

Author
Megan Haug,
 Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Fig

Expert Reviewers
Maxwell Norton, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced &Mariposa Counties, County Director, Merced Co.; Louise Ferguson, UCCE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Paul Mesple, Henry Mesple Farms, Fresno, California

Authors
Brooke Jacobs & Janet Zalom, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Kiwifruit

Expert Reviewers
Janine Hasey, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter-Yuba Counties; Joe Grant, UCCE Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County

Authors
Brooke Jacobs & Janet Zalom, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Olive

Peach & Nectarine

Expert Reviewers
Scott Johnson, UCCE Pomologist, Kearney Agricultural & Research Center, Parlier, California and Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Carlos Crisosto, UCCE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Authors
Jenifer Orsi & Brooke Jacobs, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Pear

Expert Reviewers
Chuck Ingels, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sacramento County; Brooke Jacobs, Associate Specialist, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Bob McClain, California Pear Advisory Board; Joseph Postman, USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis, Oregon

Author Megan Haug, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Pecan

Expert Reviewers
Brooke Jacobs, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Brian Blain, Blain Farms, Inc. & Board of Directors, California Pecan Growers; Steven Sibbett, UCCE Farm Advisor Emeritus, Tulare County

Author
Michelle Kong, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Persimmon

Expert Reviewers
Louise Ferguson, UCCE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Brooke Jacobs, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Maria L. Badenes, Dept. of Fruit Breeding, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Moncada, Spain

Authors
Michelle Kong & Janet Zalom, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Pistachio

Plum
Expert Reviewers
Maxwell Norton, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced & Mariposa Counties; Scott Johnson, UCCE Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center, Parlier CA, and Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Author
Brooke Jacobs, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Pomegranate

Expert Reviewers
Louise Ferguson, UCCE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Brooke Jacobs, Associate Specialist, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Jeff Moersfelder, USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Davis; Maxwell Norton, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced & Mariposa Counties

Authors 
Megan Haug & Janet Zalom, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Prune

Quince

Expert Reviewers
Joseph Postman, USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis, Oregon; Maxwell Norton, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced & Mariposa Counties

Authors
Janet Zalom and Brooke Jacobs, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Walnut

Expert Reviewers
Bruce Lampinen, UCCE Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; John Preece, Horticulturalist, USDA ARS National Clonal Repository for Fruit & Nut Crops, Davis; Wes Hackett, Professor Emeritus and consultant, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis 

Authors
Brooke Jacobs and Jenifer Orsi, Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Carolyn Debuse, UCCE Farm Advisor, Yolo/Solano County; Chuck Leslie, Director, Walnut Breeding Program, UC Davis