Plant Pest Diagnostics Center
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Don JoleySenior Seed Botanist - Specialist Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
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Curriculum vitae
Education:
- Master of Science, Plant Science, 1974, California State University, Chico
- Bachelor of Arts, Biological Science, 1969, California State University, Chico.
Experience:
- 02/06-present Senior Seed Botanist, CDFA Seed Laboratory
- 02/03-01/06 Associate Seed Botanist, CDFA, Seed Laboratory
- 06/90-01/03 Associate Environmental Research Scientist, CDFA, BCP
- 03/82-06/90 Pest Management Specialist III, CDFA, BCP
- 04/78-03/82 ASB II/ Pest Management Specialist, CDFA, BCP
- 12/76-04/78 ASB I/II, CDFA, Control and Eradication
- 02/76-12/76 Agricultural Services Biologist (ASB) I, CDFA, Biological Control Program (BCP)
Area of Current Specialty/Responsibility:
- Perform complex and specialized analyses on seed taxonomic problems
- Identify native and foreign plant propagules on a worldwide basis
- Primary responsibility for seed quarantine and feed mill approval programs
PUBLICATIONS
- Joley, D.B., D.M. Maddox, D.M. Supkoff, and A. Mayfield. 1992. Dynamics of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) achenes in field and laboratory. Weed Science 40:190-194.
- Joley, D. B., D. M. Maddox, B.E. Mackey, S.E. Schoenig, and K.A. Casanave. 1997. Effect of light and temperature on germination of dimorphic achenes of Centaurea solstitialis in California. Canadian Journal of Botany 75:2131-2139.
- Joley, D. B., D. M. Maddox, S.E. Schoenig, and B.E. Mackey. Parameters affecting germinability and seed bank dynamics in dimorphic achenes of Centaurea solstitialis in California. 2003. Canadian Journal of Botany 81:993-1007.
- Maddox, D.M., R. Sobhian, D.B. Joley, A. Mayfield, and D. Supkoff. 1986. New biological control for yellow starthistle. California Agriculture 40(11&12): 4-5.
- Maddox, D.M., D.B. Joley, A. Mayfield, and B.E. Mackey. 1991. Impact of Bangasternus orientalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on achene production of Centaurea solstitialis (Asterales: Asteraceae) at a low and high elevation site in California. Environmental Entomology 20(1): 335-337.
- Maddox, D.M., D.B. Joley, D.M. Supkoff, and A. Mayfield. 1996. Pollination biology of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in California. Canadian Journal of Botany 74:262-267.
- Maddox, D.M., D.B. Joley, and M.J. Pitcairn. 2007. Studies on the biology of the gorse seed weevil, Exapion ulicis (Forster 1771), in northern California (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 83(1):32-40.
- Supkoff, D.M., D.B. Joley, and J.J. Marois. 1988. Effect of introduced biological control organisms on the density of Chondrilla juncea in California. Journal of Applied Ecology 25:1089-1095.
- Turner, C.E., R. Sobhian, D.B. Joley, E.M. Coombs, and G.L.Piper. 1994. Establishment of Urophora sirunaseva (Hering) (Diptera: Tephritidae) for biological control of yellow starthistle in the western United States. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 70 (3):206-211.
- Woods, Dale M., Michael J. Pitcairn, and Donald B. Joley. 2000. Sequential impacts of endemic pathogens , exotic mollusks and insects on yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in California. Proceeding of the 10th International Biological Control of Weeds Symposium, Bozeman, Montana.



