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  • Researchers flooded two Thompson seedless grape vineyards at UC ANR's Kearney Research and Extension Center in Parlier. Photo by Elad Levintal
    Study offers insights on reducing nitrate contamination from groundwater recharge

    Mar 22, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • This tree is infected with the fungal pathogen that causes pine ghost canker, which can be fatal for trees. Photo by Akif Eskalen, UC Davis
    Fungi that causes pine ghost canker detected in Southern California trees

    Feb 27, 2023

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • Volunteers rate the landscape plants during the Fall Open House at the South Coast Research and Extension Center in August 2022. All photos by Saoimanu Sope.
    Your water-efficient landscape doesn’t have to be barren

    Jan 17, 2023

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
    • Yard & Garden
  • The Asian citrus psyllid is the insect vector for the bacterium that can cause huanglongbing disease. Photo credit: UC Regents
    Asian citrus psyllid study: Vigilance urged but ‘no cause for panic’

    Nov 17, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • Although the strawberry industry has lagged behind crops like tomato and wheat on genetic and technical innovation, enhanced plant breeding, gene editing and other techniques are seen as crucial to ensuring strawberry crops are sustainable. Photo by Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash
    UC Davis awarded grant to advance strawberry breeding, genetic tools

    Oct 21, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • Barn owls provide pest control and ecological benefits. Nest boxes help attract and support them. Photo by Ryan Bourbour, UC Davis
    Fall is best time to clean nest boxes for barn owls

    Sep 8, 2022

    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
  • UC Davis to study whether agave could be a drought-tolerant and sustainable crop in California. Photo by Stephan Hinni on Unsplash
    Agave: The new drought-tolerant California crop?

    Aug 11, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Eduardo Blumwald, right, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, with postdoctoral researcher Akhilesh Yadav, and rice they and others on the Blumwald team modified to use nitrogen more efficiently. Photo by Trina Kleist, UC Davis
    Growing cereal crops with less fertilizer

    Aug 5, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
  • A new greenhouse at UC Davis will be built to protect grapevines from diseases such as red blotch disease, which can cause leaves to turn red, hamper fruit ripening and reduce wine quality. Photo courtesy of Foundation Plant Services/UC Davis
    UC Davis to build new $5.25M greenhouse to protect U.S. grapevine collection

    Jun 6, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • Should there be a recommended daily intake of friendly microbes, often found in foods such as kimchi and yogurt? For the first time, scientists have measured the amount of friendly microbes in the food Americans eat. Photo by Leah Mytchyk on Unsplash
    Should there be more microbes on your plate?

    May 18, 2022

    • Food
    • Health
  • Parthenocissus tricuspidata, known as Boston ivy, growing at the Hickey Gym on the UC Davis campus. Photo by Emily C. Dooley, UC Davis
    Can vines speed urban cooling?

    Apr 21, 2022

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • Nationally, 17% of treated water is wasted due to leaks in the delivery system. Photo by Terry Vlisidis on Unsplash
    Leaks an untapped opportunity for water savings

    Mar 8, 2022

    • Environment
  • California quail tend to offer more benefits to strawberry farmers than disservices, according to a UC Davis study's
    Bringing out the best in wild birds on farms

    Feb 23, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Linda J. Harris will be inducted as a member of the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows during the AAAS annual meeting. Photos courtesy of Linda J. Harris
    Five questions with food safety expert, new AAAS Fellow Linda Harris

    Feb 10, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Health
  • UC Davis is leading a five-year, $15 million research project to accelerate wheat breeding to meet new climate realities. Photo by Vlad Stawizki on Unsplash
    UC Davis to lead $15 million research into climate-change resistant wheat

    Feb 8, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • A gene discovery could increase yield, lower consumer prices and make this staple food more accessible.
    UC Davis team identifies wheat gene that increases yield

    Feb 2, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Species that form big flocks and are associated with livestock, like this invasive European starling, carry greater risks of foodborne pathogens. Getty photo
    Researchers pinpoint which bird species pose food safety risk to crops

    Jan 5, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • A honey bee sips honey from honeycomb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    Honey: Nothing short of miraculous

    Nov 28, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Innovation
    • Natural Resources
    • Yard & Garden
  • Sweet potato leaves in Ethiopia - Horticulture Innovation Lab photo by Lauren Howe/UC Davis
    Trying leafy greens from a sweet potato plant

    Nov 19, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Health
    • Innovation
  • Hal Crain's family has been growing walnuts for 55 years.
    A nutty idea: A little stress could be good for walnuts

    Nov 6, 2018

    • Agriculture
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