Dr. Kitren Glozer is responsible for Objective 4: Preventing olive fruit damage with pre- and post-harvest chemical treatments.

Contact information

• Ph.D. Botany, University of California, Davis, 1988
• B.A .Biology, M.A. Botany California State University Chico, 1977

• Associate Project Scientist and Principal Investigator, Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, 2007 - present
• Staff Research Associate IV and Principal Investigator, Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, 2004 - 2007 
• Staff Research Associate IV, Pomology, University of California, Davis, 1998 - 2004
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Pomology, 1993 - 1997 
• Independent Consultant, 1990 - 1993
• Post Graduate Research, Agronomy & Range Science, 1986 - 1988, 1992
• Research Fellow, Hamilton, New Zealand, 1990   

Research interests: Production of pomological crops, control of dormancy, abscission, fruit firmness and other physiological processes mediated by plant growth regulators.

Relevant Papers & Presentations:

• The Dynamic Model, Defoliation and Rest Breaking Agents In California Prune Production, 2006  (pdf) - Kitren Glozer, Franz Niederholzer
• Rest-Breaking Agents and the Dynamic Model in Prune, 2006 (pdf of PowerPoint) - Kitren Glozer, Franz Niederholzer
• Management of Dormant Sprays by Chill Accumulation in Bartlett Pear (pdf) - Kitren Glozer, Chuck Ingels
• Management of Dormant Sprays by Chill Accumulation in Bartlett Pear (pdf of PowerPoint) - Kitren Glozer
• Effects of fall applications of urea and zinc sulfate to Bing sweet cherry spring budbreak, 2006 (pdf) - Kitren Glozer and Joe Grant
• 2006 Trials for Testing BlueStim for Cherry Rain-cracking (pdf) - Kitren Glozer, Joe Grant
• 2006 Trials for Testing BlueStim for Cherry Rain-cracking (pdf of PowerPoint) - Kitren Glozer, Joe Grant