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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Dr. James Downer.
Dr. Downer has 37 years of experience as a horticulture and plant pathology Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Ventura County. His research is focused on mulch, soil microbiology and disease suppression in mulched soils, diseases of shade trees, and cultural practices to maintain landscape plants.
Dr. Downer is an Adjunct professor at California Polytechnic University in Pomona.
He has a love of shade trees, Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) tree work, woodworking, horses, gardening, horticulture, and the study of plants and their biology.
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Dr. Downer is an Adjunct professor at California Polytechnic University in Pomona.
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