- (Focus Area) Agriculture
- Author: Ben A Faber
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Internationally known honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page, Jr. is spotlighted in the current issue of American Entomologist in Marlin E. Rice's popular Legends feature.
Titled "Robert E. Page, Jr.: The Spirit of the Bee," it's a great article chronicling his life, his love of bees, and his massive number of achievements. Rice captured it well.
Rob, a native of Bakersfield and now 74, received his doctorate in 1980 from UC Davis, studying with major professor
- Author: Bruce A Linquist
- Editor: Taiyu Guan
- Editor: Consuelo B Baez Vega
No-till drill seeded planting offers some real opportunities to conserve water, plant early, save on tillage costs, and use herbicides with different modes of action. Last year we did a pilot study looking at the potential of no-till rice in California. Briefly, to recap, this study was conducted at the Rice Experiment Station looking at N management, pests, diseases and weeds. We tested NT drill seeding into four different seedbeds.
1. Fallow stale-seedbed (FSS): field was fallowed in 2022. It was disked and leveled then. It was not flooded during the winter. No tillage was done in 2023.
- Author: Ben A Faber
We are happy to invite you to participate in the upcoming Dragon Fruit Workshop to be held at the Miami-Dade County Extension Service (Homestead, FL) during July 17-18, 2024. This is a free event, where lunch and light refreshments will be provided. This meeting is part of the grant entitled “Evaluating the Potential Expansion and Diversification of the Dragon Fruit Industry in North America” (FLA-TRC-006408). At this workshop you will learn about Dragon fruit pollination, production and post-harvest practices, insect pests and diseases, and more.
We will also visit two Dragon fruit plantings. You can find the tentative agenda at the end of this message. In order to attend in-person or...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's not often that an entomologist chalks up a 44-year career of teaching, research and public service.
But such is the case with UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey.
A member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty since 1980, he was one of seven retiring or retired faculty members honored at a retirement event on June 11 at the UC Davis Alumni Center.
"A giant in our department" and "a scholar in every sense of the word."
That's how UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus