Ben A Faber

Ben Faber is the soils/water/subtropical crops advisor for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. His primary crop involvements are avocado and citrus, but other subtropical and deciduous crops are also covered, such as litchi, longan, blueberries, cherimoya and passion fruit. He is currently evaluating various subtropical tree varieties for their economic viability in coastal environments. He also studies soil and water quality issues, such as erosion management, salinity management, orchard floor management, irrigation scheduling and fertility management. Ben has his Ph.D. in soil fertility and M.S. in pomology.

Stay in  tune with the Topics in Subtropics Blog - https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Topics/

and the quarterly newsletter - Topics in Subtropics - http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/news/Topics_in_Subtropics/