Annemiek M Schilder

Director Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center
5352 Beardsley Road
Camarillo, CA 93010
805-662-6943
amschilder@ucanr.edu

http://harec.ucanr.edu/

Also in:
Ventura County

Biography

Annemiek Schilder is a descendant of a long line of dairy farmers in the northwest of The Netherlands. Her grandfather, who farmed well into his nineties, inspired her to follow a career in agriculture. She completed her primary and secondary education in The Netherlands after which she embarked on undergraduate studies in Agronomy at the University of University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana. After obtaining her B.S. degree and an appreciation of the Cajun culture, she studied Plant Sciences at Wageningen Agricultural University in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Subsequently, she obtained her MS and PhD degrees in Plant Pathology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, while wandering the wheat fields of upstate New York in search of fungal and viral diseases. She then moved to Nigeria, Africa, fulfilling a long-time dream to work in agricultural development, and spent 3 years as a postdoctoral fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, researching legume and cassava diseases, seed health and plant quarantine issues. During the next 20 years, she worked as an Asst./Assoc. Professor in Small Fruit Pathology at Michigan State University on diagnosis, epidemiology and management of diseases of grapes and berry crops. Her appointment comprised research, extension and teaching and included extensive collaborations with entomologists, horticulturists, plant breeders, agricultural economists, agricultural engineers, extension educators, private consultants and growers. She is particularly interested in sustainable disease management and crop production, including organic and regenerative approaches.

Education

PhD Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1993

MS Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1988

BS Agronomy, University of Louisiana in Lafayette, LA. 1984

Specialty

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

• Bushberries
• Strawberries
• Berries - Other
• Grapes
• Table Grapes
• Wine Grapes
• Plant Protection
• Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants
• Biological Control of Pests Affecting Plants
• Integrated Pest Management Systems
• Research and Extension Centers
• Agriculture
• Organic
• Small Farms
• Pest Management/Diseases
• Ipm
• Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases
• Sustainable Food Systems

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

• Abbey, J. A.; Percival, D., et al.; Abbey, L.; Asiedu, S. K.; Prithiviraj, B.; and Schilder, A. (2018). Biofungicides as alternative to synthetic fungicide control of grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) – prospects and challenges. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 29:3, 207-228. 25 November.
• Miles, T.; Glass, B. W., et al.; Sysak, R. W.; Schilder, A. C. (2018). Post-plant strategies for management of black root rot-related decline of perennial strawberry fields. Crop Protection. 104, 78-85. February.
• Thind, T. S.; Schilder, A. C. (2018). Understanding photoreception in fungi and its role in fungal development with focus on phytopathogenic fungi. Indian Phytopathology. 71, 169-182. 27 June.

Non-Peer Reviewed

• Schilder, A.; Faber, B., et al.; Daugovish, O.; Drill, S.; Downer, A.; Shapero, M.; Bruzzone-Miller, S.; Clark de Blasio, J.; Rowe, A.; and Hendricks, A. (2019). Ventura County Annual Report 2018-2019. University of California Cooperative Extension/Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center.A. Schilder. UCCE Ventura County. 23 pp. September 24.
• Schilder, A. (2018). New leadership for UC Cooperative Extension and Hansen Agricultural REC in Ventura County. Farm Bureau of Ventura County Newsletter. XLX:5, 2. September/October.

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Agroecology and Organic Farming Systems - Member

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