The UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center Endowment Fund was established in 2002 to support our mission:
"To aid coordination and dissemination of University of California research-based information, accomplishments, and statewide research and extension activities related to fruit and nut crops."
If you are interested in helping us fulfill our mission, please consider a contribution to our endowment by returning our Contribution Form .
The Center's initial funding came from a portion of sales by Foundation Plant Services of pistachio seed generated from a UCB-I pistachio tree in the research program of UC Specialist, Louise Ferguson. The original cross of this tree was developed by Dr. Lee Ashworth of UC Berkeley - hence the name UCB-I.
The interest on this endowment is used to partially support some of the following activities:
- Coordinating UC-generated and other fruit and nut crop information into easily used and timely websites:
- Facilitating internal communication among all UC personnel involved in fruit and nut research and extension.
- Coordinating research-related conferences and meetings, and providing hands-on training sessions that further our mission.
- Determining fruit and nut crop research and industry needs, particularly those with cross-commodity application, and hosting annual research coordination meetings involving UC liaison officers, and commodity group research chairs and coordinators to facilitate research coordination among California fruit commodity groups and university programs.
- Coordinating related grant application and project development. Examples: the interactive chilling hour calculator and harvest prediction modules located at Weather-Related Models.
- Cooperating with other Research and Information Centers and ANR computer support in pursuing our mission.
If you have any questions about the UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center Endowment, or the UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center, please contact us at fruitsandnuts@ucdavis.edu or call 530-754-9708.