Louise E. Jackson

Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
phone: (530) 754-9116, fax: (530) 752-9659; email: lejackson@ucdavis.edu

Education :

1982 Ph.D., Botany; University of Washington

1978 M.S., Botany; University of Washington

1976 B.A., Biology, Highest Honors; University of California, Santa Cruz

Professional experience :

1994-2000 Associate Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California, Davis

1989-1994 Assistant Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California, Davis

1987-1989 Postgraduate Researcher
Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California, Davis

1986-1987 Short-term research projects in applied ecology

1983-1986 Adjunct Lecturer and Assistant Research Botanist
Department of Plant and Soil Biology
Department of Forestry and Resource Management
University of California, Berkeley

1982-1983 Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre d'Études Phytosociologiques et Écologiques, CNRS
Montpellier, France

1976-1982 Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of Botany
University of Washington, Seattle

Honors and Distinctions :

Panel member, USDA-NRI Plant Strengthening Panel, 1998 and 1999

Member, Sustainable Biosphere Steering Committee, Ecological Society of America

Current teaching at University of California, Davis :

Ecology 216, Ecology and Agriculture

Evolution and Ecology 121, Survey of Plant Communities of California

Professional societies :

ASA-CSSA-SSSA (Agronomy, Crop Science, and Soil Science Societies of America)

Ecological Society of America

Current areas of research :

Root biology; Plant water relations and nutrient uptake; Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Soil microbial nitrogen cycling; Ecosystem-level nitrogen and water budgets

Publications since 1995:

1995 Wyland, L.J., L.E. Jackson, and K. Schulbach. Soil-plant nitrogen dynamics following incorporation of a mature rye cover crop in a lettuce production system. Journal of Agricultural Science (Cambridge) 124:17-25.

1995 Jackson, L.E. Root architecture in cultivated and wild lettuce (Lactuca spp.). Plant Cell and Environment 18:885-894.

1996 Gallardo, M., L.E. Jackson, K. Schulbach, R.L. Snyder, R.B. Thompson, and L.J. Wyland. Production and water use in lettuces under variable water supply. Irrigation Science 16:125-137.

1996 Gallardo, M., L.E. Jackson, and R.B. Thompson. Shoot and root physiological responses to localized zones of soil moisture in cultivated and wild lettuce (Lactuca spp.). Plant, Cell and Environment 19:1169-1178.

1996 Wyland, L.J., L.E. Jackson, W.E. Chaney, K. Klonsky, S.T. Koike, and B. Kimple. Altering surface soil dynamics with cover crops in a vegetable cropping system: impacts on yield, nitrate leaching, pests and management costs. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 59:1-17.

1996 Gallardo, M., R.L. Snyder, K. Schulbach, and L.E. Jackson. Crop growth and water use model for lettuce. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 122:354-359.

1997 Koike, S.T., R.F. Smith, L.E. Jackson, L.J. Wyland, W.E. Chaney, and J.I. Inman. New cover crops can increase lettuce drop disease. California Agriculture, 51:15-18.

1997 Koike, S.T., R.F. Smith, L.E. Jackson, L.J. Wyland, J.I. Inman, and W.E. Chaney. Phacelia, Lana woollypod vetch, and Austrian winter pea: three new cover crop hosts of Sclerotinia minor in California. Plant Disease 80:1409-1412.

1997 Jackson, L.E. and G.W. Koch. The ecophysiology of crops and their wild relatives. In Ecology in Agriculture (L.E. Jackson, ed.). pp. 3-37. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
  1. Jackson, L.E., ed. Ecology in Agriculture. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-12-378260-0. 474 pp.

    2. 1997 Jackson, L.E. Mineral deficiencies and toxicities. In Compendium of Lettuce Diseases (M. Davis, E. Kurtz, R. Raid, and K. Subbarao, eds.). pp. 63-65. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

  2. Miller, R.L. and L.E. Jackson. Survey of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in lettuce production in relation to management and soil factors. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 130:173-18.

    3. 1999 Lundquist, E.J., L.E. Jackson, and K.M. Scow. Changes in microbial biomass and community composition, and soil carbon and nitrogen pools after incorporation of rye into three California agricultural soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:221-236.

    1999 Lundquist, E.J., L.E. Jackson, and K.M. Scow. Wet-dry cycles affect dissolved organic carbon in two California agricultural soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:1031-1038.

  3. Lundquist, E.J., K.M. Scow, L.E. Jackson, S.L. Uesugi, and C.R. Johnson. Rapid response of soil microbial communities from conventional, low input, and organic farming systems to a wet/dry cycle. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:1661-1675.

2000 Jackson, L.E. Fates and losses of nitrogen from a 15N-labelled cover crop in an intensively managed vegetable system. Soil Science Society of America Journal 64:1404-1412.

2000 Calderón, F.J., L.E. Jackson, K.M. Scow and D.E. Rolston. Microbial responses to simulated tillage in cultivated and uncultivated soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32:1547-1559.

_ Johnson, W.C., L.E. Jackson, O. Ochoa, J. Peleman, R. van Wijk, D.A. St.Clair, and R.W. Michelmore. A shallow-rooted crop and its wild progenitor differ at loci determining root architecture and deep soil water exploitation. In press, Theoretical and Applied Genetics.

_ Calderón, F.J., L.E. Jackson, K.M. Scow and D.E. Rolston. Short-term changes in carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial activity, and microbial community structure after tillage. In press, Soil Science Society of America Journal.