New Northern California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Is Off And Running

Dani M. Lightle is now working as the new Orchard Systems farm advisor based in Glenn County.

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Lightle grew up in northern Ohio and earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology in 2007. Subsequently, she worked and studied invasive forest insect pests for a year at The Ohio State University.

Lightle moved to Corvallis, OR, in 2008 and switched to research in small fruit agricultural systems. In 2013, she completed her PhD in Entomology with a minor in Plant Pathology from Oregon State University. From 2008 to 2013 her research focus within small fruit cropping systems included biological control, transmission and control of insect-transmitted plant pathogens, and management of plant viruses.

Throughout her time in Oregon, she strove to maintain a strong working relationship with small fruit producers in order to make sure her research was both relevant and useful. Lightle looks forward to creating similar relationships with Sacramento Valley farmers and invites them to contact her with your questions, concerns, or just to introduce themselves.

She can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone by calling the Glenn County Cooperative Extension Office at 530-865-1107.

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Source: Dani M. Lightle, University of California Cooperative Extension

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