Entomology & Nematology News

Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and eight colleagues have described three new species of bacteria from the genus Acinetobacter that are specialized to flowers, with Vannette isolating two of the new species from UC Davi...

Postdoctoral researcher Manuela Ramalho of the Corrie Moreau lab, Cornell University, will present an online seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, May 19 on "Exploring Connections among Microbial Community, Ecology and Phylogenetic History of Ants.

Honey bee experts at UC Davis and Oregon State University (OSU) will teach a free online bee biology course aimed at training veterinarians in their new role in supporting beekeepers and maintaining the health of bee colonies.

Margarita Lpez-Uribe of Pennsylvania State University will present an online seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on "Ecoevolutionary Consequences of Crop Domestication on Plant-Pollinator Interactions" on Wednesday, May 12. Lpez-Uribe, the Lorenzo L.

Research projects of two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty members, community ecologists Richard Rick Karban and Rachel Vannette and their laboratories, are showcased in the USDA's Multistate Research Fund's impact statement on "Using Chemical Ecology to Control Pests and Prot...