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Forest entomologists Steve Seybold and Jackson Audley, his doctoral student, stand at the base of a dying giant black walnut tree on the 100 block of E Street. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Walnut Twig Beetle and Fungus Has Caused 'Profound Damage' to Black Walnut Trees

May 23, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The deadly thousand cankers disease, an emerging insect-fungus complex, has caused profound damage to black walnut trees not only in urban areas of California and other western states, but in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia, according to a newly published review by UC Davis-affiliated scientist...
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Cooperative Extension advisor Rachael Long next to hedgerows. (Photo by Evett Kilmartin)

Rachael Long Wins Bradford-Rominger Ag Sustainability Leadership Award

May 16, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis entomology alumnus Rachael Freeman Long, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) farm adviser for field crops and pest management for the three-county area of Yolo, Solano and Sacramento, is the recipient of the 2019 Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award.
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Doctoral student Trevor Fowles and major professor Christian Nansen are breeding insects to convert agricultural waste into usable products: 1) insect biomass, that can be fed to animals as a feed additive, used by the pharmaceutical industry, or used to produce biofuel, 2) insect frass and fragments from the bioconversion process can be used as soil amendment in high-value cropping systems, and 3) mushrooms can be grown on what the insects are unable to bioconvert.

Trevor Fowles and Christian Nansen: Imagine Food Production Without Waste

May 14, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Imagine food production without waste Insects, such as darkling beetles and black soldier flies, can and should be bred to convert organic agricultural waste into usable products--like animal feed, pharmaceutical products, and biofuel, say UC Davis agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen, an asso...
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