Fennimore is a faculty member in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis, and a statewide Cooperative Extension Specialist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. His expertise is weed management in vegetable crops and small fruits, as well as weed seed biology and physiology, and seed bank ecology. He is director of the statewide Vegetable Research and Information Center, housed at UC Davis.
Based in Salinas, California, Fennimore conducts a research and extension program focused on weed management in vegetables, flowers and strawberries, particularly in coastal production areas in California. His program combines chemical and nonchemical methods, for both organic and conventional systems, with the objective of minimizing weed management costs. He also focuses on automated weeding systems to mitigate the severe labor shortages in California, and use of field-scale steam applicators to reduce the need for chemical fumigation in sensitive sites and near urban areas.
Dr. Fennimore is one of over 800 U.S. citizens who will teach, conduct research, and/or provide expertise abroad for the 2019–2020 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as record of service and demonstrated leadership in their respective fields.
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Contacts
- Steve Fennimore, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; safennimore@ucdavis.edu ; (Note: Fennimore is leaving for Uruguay on October 13, 2019)
- Ann Filmer, Communications, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; afilmer@ucdavis.edu
Additional news related to Fennimore's research:
- Automated Weeders are Attracting More Interest: Steve Fennimore Explains. September 2019.
- Weed Management in Specialty Crop Production. VIDEO. July 2019.
(Article by Ann Filmer, Plant Sciences, UC Davis, and by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. October 3, 2019.)