| Expert Name | Dr. José de Jesús Castellón Olivares |
| Title | Professor and researcher |
| Division | College of Science |
| Institution | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California |
| City | Baja California |
| Country | Mexico |
| Telephone | 52 74 4560 |
| Email | jjcastel(at)faro.ens.uabc.mx |
| Work Experience | - Researcher at the National Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (INIFAP), 1974-1976.
- Participant in research projects at CONACYT-Mexico, Jojoba genetics resources
- Research project: Baja California Jojoba utilization and productive increase in a short time. Arid Zones Commission CONAZA-UABC
- Research project: Evaluation and recovery of Cacti in B.C., International Consevation |
| Qualifications | B. Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture School, Guadalajara University (U. de G.), Mexico
M. Sc. in Vegetal Genetics, Postgraduate College (CP), Montecillos, Mexico |
| Number of Publications | 8 |
| Awards | - Diploma from the International Center for Technical and Professional studies, Turin, Italy, 1984 |
| Other Activities | - Full time professor for Bachelor degree students in Agronomy and Biology at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) since 18 years ago.
- Professor for Postgraduate students in: use and management of irrigation water in Arid Zones; Ecosystems Management in Arid Zones; Advanced Ecology for Arid Zones; Cacti Ecology
- Guest instructor at the workshop on economically important Suitable techniques for species propagation in Latin American and Carribean Arid and Semiarid zones |
| Publications | 1. Three Corn and Sorghum divulging brochures.
2. Conservation and regional importance of Baja California Cactus. Divulgare-Science for Everyone, 45-53, 1993.
3. Phenotypical variation in Jojoba's agronomicals characteristics in Baja California. Special Publication No. 42 SARH-INIF-Forestal Subsecretary ISSN-0185-2566, 1983
4. Drought and Freeze resistence in corns of Central Mesa and Chihuahua Sierra Agropecurias Sciences No. 2 26-37, 1991 Mexico.
5. Sustainable Management for Non-Timber Forest Resources. Case Study: Yucca schidigera in Baja California (in press). |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 17:12:00 |