Jaime Ott
Orchard Crops Advisor
M.S. Marine Science, College of William and Mary. 2012
B.S. Biology, emphasis in Plant Biology, University of California, Davis. 2009
B.S. Biology, emphasis in Plant Biology, University of California, Davis. 2009
Walnuts, Prunes, Almonds, Olives
I am a UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor for Tehama, Shasta, Glenn, and Butte Counties. My primary crop responsibilities are walnut, prune, almond, and olive, but I am happy to try and field questions about anything with chlorophyll. I am finishing up my PhD from the UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology, where I have done work assessing walnut and almond rootstocks for resistance to crown rot caused by Phytophthora. I have also been involved in testing whole orchard recycling in almonds and optimizing anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) as an alternative to fumigation when replanting almond orchards.