Katherine Pope

Orchard Systems Advisor

Woodland Administrative Office
70 Cottonwood St
Woodland, CA 95695
530-377-9528
kspope@ucanr.edu

http://cecapitolcorridor.ucanr.edu

http://ccfruitandnuts.ucanr.edu

Also in:
Yolo County

Education

Ph.D. Horticulture & Agronomy, UC Davis. 2013

M.S. International Agricultural Development, UC Davis. 2013

B.A. History, Harvard University. 2005

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

• Plants and Their Systems
• Plant Genetic Resources
• Plant Biological Efficiency and Abiotic Stresses Affecting Plants
• Plant Management Systems
• Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
• Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants
• Conservation and Efficient Use of Water
• Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships
• Management of Saline and Sodic Soils and Salinity
• Drainage and Irrigation Systems and Facilities

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

• Darbyshire, Rebecca; Pope, Katherine; Goodwin, Ian (2016). "An evaluation of the chill overlap model to predict flowering time in apple tree." Scientia Horticulturae(198)

• Jarvis-Shean, K. S. (maiden name), Da Silva, D., Willits, N., DeJong, T. M. (2015). "Using non-parametric regression to model dormancy requirements in almonds." Acta Horticulturae. (1068):133-140

• Pope, K.S., Dose, V., Da Silva, D., Brown, P., DeJong, T.M. (2015). "Nut crop yield records show bud-break based chilling requirements may not reflect yield decline chill thresholds." International Journal of Biometeorology
• Pope, K. S.; Da Silva, D.; Brown, P. H.; DeJong, T. M. (2014). "A biologically based approach to modeling spring phenology in temperate deciduous trees." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 198: 15-23.

• Pope, K. S., Brown, P. H., Dose, V., Da Silva, D., DeJong, T. M. (2014). "Yield potential analysis to model dormancy requirements in pistachio." Acta Horticulturae. (1028) 103-106

• Pope, Katherine S.; Dose, Volker; Da Silva, David; Brown, Patrick H.; Leslie, Charles A.; DeJong, Theodore M. (2013). "Detecting nonlinear response of spring phenology to climate change by Bayesian analysis." Global Change Biology 19(5): 1518-1525.

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Almond - Member
• Climate Change Adaptation - Member
• European Pear - Member
• Walnut - Member
• Weed - Member

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