COOPERATIVE EXTENSIONUNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS, CALIFORNIA 95616 REPLY TO: Pomology Department

November 18, 1986

To: WALNUT RESEARCH CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

From: David E. Ramos

Extension Pomologist

Re: Call for Walnut Research Proposals and Reports.

December 15 is the deadline for both project proposals and researchreports for walnuts.

Proposals requesting financial support from the Walnut MarketingBoard for Fiscal 1987-88 must be submitted on the standard U.C. ProjectPlan/Research Grant Proposal form and mailed to David Ramos, LiaisonOfficer. The form must be signed by the Department Chair (ProgramDirector for Cooperative Extension). Specific suggestions that shouldbe considered in writing the proposal are enclosed. A copy of the WalnutWorkgroup's needs assessment and research priorities is available onrequest.

Research reports should conform to the enclosed instructions andbe mailed directly to Gary Obenauf. A listing of currently fundedresearch projects for which reports are expected is included. Reportsof non-industry funded research are encouraged and should also be mailedto Gary Obenauf.

Principal investigators are expected to make a 10-minute oralpresentation of their proposal/report at the 19th Annual Walnut ResearchConference, which will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January27, 28 and 29, in Monterey. Additional information about the conferenceand final programming will be sent out later by Bill Coates, PlanningCommittee Chairperson.

DER:ss

Enclosurescc: William Allen Gary Obenauf

Charles Hess Jim SeiberJim Lyons Seymour Van GundyJim Meyers

The University ofCalifornia Cooperative Elxtension in compliance with the Civil Rights Actof 1964, Title IXof theEklucation Amendmentsof 1972, and theRehabilitationActof 1973 does not discriminateonthe basis of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, or mental or physical handicap in anyof its programs or activities, or with respect to any of its employment policies, practices or procedures. TheUniversity ofCalifornia does not discriminate in employment on the basis of age, nor because individuals are disabled or Vietnam era veterans. Inquiries regarding this policymay be directed to; Eugene D.

Stevenson, 2120 University Avenue, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, California 94720, (415) 644-4270.

University of California and the United States Department ofAgriculture cooperating

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF PRUNE,RAISIN OR WALNUT RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Use U.C. Research Proposal Form even if not U.Cemployee. Enter NOT APPLICABLE (NA) if non-U.C.employee when appropriate.

Additional information you must add to your proposl:

A. Objectives:

1. For the growing season research will beconducted.

2. Long term, if different from #1 and projectwill continue for more than a year.

B. Plans and Procedure: Be specific enough todiscuss plot design, anticipated statisticalanalysis, parameters of data collection, and etc.

C. Progress Report (not on form): If proposal is acontinuation of a current project, include asummary of the progress made to date withemphasis on the past season (about a page wouldbe appropriate).

D. Reporting (include under Plans and Procedures):Briefly explain how you plan to get the resultsof the project to the intended user (growers,farm advisors, researchers, etc.)

Budget: List the years the project is expected tocontinue with the estimated total budget foreach of these years. (Normal budget breakdownis required only for the current year of theproposal). List source and amount of support youare or hope to get for this project in additionto amount requested on this proposal (you mayalso give estimated contribution of yourinstitution).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF WALNUT RESEARCH REPORT

The research report will be reproduced photographically assubmitted in an annual report - '*V7alnut Research Resultsfor X Year". The report will be available to researchersor anyone else upon request. It is important for you toadhere to the following format;

1. Use elite size type, if possible.

2. Leave at least a one-inch margin on both sides,top and bottom of the page.

3. Type title in capitals, skip two spaces, thentype author's name(s) in lower case. Do notinclude department affiliation, location, etc.,of author(s).

4. The research report should include, in additionto title and author(s): abstract, objective,procedure, results and conclusions and budgetsummary.

5. Start text of report three spaces below author'sname(s) v/ithout indenting. Each of the foursections should be preceded by the section incapitals at left margin, i.e., abstract,objective, etc. Skip one space between sectionheading and text for that section and also onespace betv/een end of section text and nextsection heading.

6. Single space text.

7. Skip one space between paragraphs.

8. Abstract - Do not exceed one-half page in length,including the title and no more than 250 words.

9. V7here possible, use wording that growers caneasily understand, especially in abstract.

10. Use any tables, graphs or charts necessary. Besure to leave a one-inch margin on all foursides.

11. References are not required but you may includethem if you desire.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR V7ALNUT RESEARCH PvEPORT

Page 2.

12. Budget Summary (will not be included in thepublished report).

A. Section should include a simple breakdown ofexpenditures on the project: salaries,supplies and equipment and travel.

B. If you have money left over from the project,please indicate how the money will be used,i.e., on continuation of this project or on anew project.

13. Submit only the original copy and do not foldwhen mailing.

14. Mail research report to Gary L. Obenauf, P. 0.Box 5335, Fresno, California 93755-5335.

WALNUT MARKETING BOARD

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Annual WMB Support

ProjectNumber

80 WMB 1

82 WMB 1

82WMB 3C

83 WMB 1

83 WMB 2

Project/Title Leader

Management Systems forHigh Density WalnutOrchards/Ramos

PhysiologicalEfficiency of Normal& High Density WalnutPlantings/Goldhamer

Methyl BromideStudies/Schwartz

Evaluation of Walnut

Seedlings, Selections,Cultivars and Intro¬

ductions/McGranahan

Walnut Tissue Culture/McGranahan

1986/87Committee

1984/85 1985/86 Recommendation

83 WMB 4C Biological Control ofCrown Gall StrainResistant to K-84//Schroth

84 WMB 2 Study of Walnut ReplantProblem and EfficaciousMethods of Control/McKenry

84 WMB 3 Utilization of Fertil¬izer Nitrogen by WalnutTrees/Weinbaum

84 WMB 5 Analysis of the Survi¬val and Reproduction ofthe Codling Moth inHarvested Walnuts/Vail

84 WMB 6 Factors AffectingRancidity in Walnuts/Labavitch

$13,200 $12,100

$ 5,000 $ 5,000

$16,200 $11,000

$12,382 $15,014

$24,869 $13,936

$ 8,500 $ 6,000

$15,670 $12,670

$12,400 $ 9,500

$15,000 $19,500

$30,000 $30,360

$13,492

$14,300

$ 6,250'

$16,063

$23,293

$ 3,000

$ 8,500

$16,600

$26,000

$14,060

Walnut Marketing BoardResearch ProjectsPage 2.

Annual WMB Support

ProjectNumber

84 WMB 7

Project/Title Leader

Pistillate FlowerAbscission of Walnuts/Catlin

1984/85 1985/86

$ 4,250 $ 5,420

84 WMB 13 Control of Phytoph-thora Root and CrownRot in the Field UsingRidomil 2E/Teviotdale $ 2,000

85 WMB 4 Selecting for PesticideResistance in TrioxysPallidus/Hoy

85 WMB 7 Walnut Yield Capacity/Weinbaum

85 WMB 12C Sealing Storage Facilitiesfor Controlled AtmosphereFumigation/Thompson

86 WMB 2 Walnut X Wingnut Hybrids/McGranahan

86 WMB 3 Genetic Engineering ofWalnuts; Gene Transfer

System/Dandekar

86 WMB 6C Carob Moth Sex PheromoneIsolation and Identifi¬cation/Baker

86 WMB 10 Estimating the Value ofCrop Loss in CommercialWalnut Production/Klonsky

-0-

$26,273

$14,650

$ 1,750

1986/87Committee

Recommendation

$ 5,724

-0-

$ 29,222

$ 14,650

-0-

$ 5,315

$ 23,600

$ 1,000

$ 5,702

TOTAL $218,941 $203,172 $226,771

Terminated ProjectsContinuing ProjectsNew ProjectsTotal Number Projects

6108

18

2166

22

715419