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Yessica Fernandez

Yessica Fernandez

Applied Research Scientist at UC Davis studying agave production systems and sustainable agriculture; co-hosts research on California agave with Samuel Sandoval Solis for the California Agave Alliance.

Jun 25, 2026

Agave & Cactus Talk

Agave & Cactus Talk

Discussing California Agave with the California Agave Alliance

Jun 25 · 1h 2m

speaker_1UNKNOWN
14:10
diversity.
Yessica Fernandez
Yessica FernandezGUEST
14:13
We have some varieties like agave salmiana, like agave angustifolia, agave mapizaga.
Yessica Fernandez
Yessica FernandezGUEST
14:21
We have two agave americana, subspecies protoamericana.
Yessica Fernandez
Yessica FernandezGUEST
14:29
We have some agaves durangenses.
Yessica Fernandez
Yessica FernandezGUEST
14:33
We have two, some agave weberi.
Yessica Fernandez
Yessica FernandezGUEST
14:40
We have some bicornuta, vivocornuta.
Yessica Fernandez
Yessica FernandezGUEST
14:45
We have here a lot of biodiversity.

28 MINS LATER

Samuel Sandoval Solis
Samuel Sandoval SolisGUEST
42:32
So anyway, I know, Jesse, would you mind? How did it come to the idea for

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