Becky B. Westerdahl

Extension Specialist

 

 

• Address: 474 Hutchison Hall, Department of Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
• Phone: 530-752-1405 (Office)
• Phone: 530-752-3814 (Lab & C. Anderson)
• FAX: 530-752-5809
• E-Mail:
  bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu

• UCD Appointment: 1986
• B.S., Chapman University, 1972, Biology
• Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1978, Nematology

        Research:

• Applied nematology, integrated pest management; nematology extension

  Teaching:

• Introductory nematology (ENT 156); Nematode Management (NEM 204).

  Selected Publications:

  
  
• Westerdahl, B. B., D. Giraud, J. D. Radewald, and C. A. Anderson. 1991. Management of Ditylenchus dipsaci in daffodils with foliar applications of oxamyl. Supplement to Journal of Nematology 23(4S):706-711.

• Westerdahl, B. B., H. L. Carlson, J. Grant, J. D. Radewald, N. Welch, C. A. Anderson, J. Darso, D. Kirby,and F. Shibuya. 1992. Management of plant-parasitic nematodes with a chitin-urea soil amendment and other materials. Supplement to Journal of Nematology 24(4S):669-680.

• Qiu, J., B. B. Westerdahl, D. Giraud and C. A. Anderson. 1993. Evaluation of hot water treatments for management of Ditylenchus dipsaci and fungi in daffodil bulbs. Journal of Nematology 25:686-694.

• Qiu, J., B. B. Westerdahl, R. P. Buchner, and C. A. Anderson. 1993. Refinement of hot water treatment for management of Aphelenchoides fragariae in strawberries. Supplement to Journal of Nematology 25(4S):795-799.

• Westerdahl, B. B., D. Giraud, J. D. Radewald, C. A Anderson, and J. Darso. 1993. Management ofPratylenchus penetrans on oriental lillies with drip and foliar applied nematicides. Supplement to Journal of Nematology 25(4S):758-767.

Research in the Westerdahl Laboratory

Laboratory Personnel

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