KARE facilitates anywhere from 70-100 research projects every year. These projects are vetted by the Research Advisory Committee which reviews project proposals based upon their scientific merit.
Turn-of-the-century origins UC has supported off-campus research sites for more than a century. In the 1880s, UC Berkeley professor Eugene Hilgard established a 20-acre field station southeast of Tulare for variety tests and work on the reclamation of alkali soils.
Principal Investigator: Kent Daane Affiliation: UC Berkeley Contact:kdaane@ucanr.edu Table, raisin and wine grapes constitute one of the most important and widespread commodity blocks in California agriculture. Control of insect, mite and spider pests pose a considerable cost to vineyard growers.
Principal Investigator: Kent Daane Affiliation: UC Berkeley Contact: kdaane@ucanr.edu Spotted wing Drosophila has continued to be a difficult invasive pest to control without the use of broad-spectrum materials.
KARE is uniquely positioned to support extension of UCs research-based information to farmers and members of the public because of its locations, facilities and associated personnel. There are research orchards and vineyards on-site as well nearby commercial plantings of the key specialty crops.
Kearney's mission is to provide state-of-the-science research and educational programs to promote sustainability of California's $24.5 billion agriculture industry, and to enhance the quality of the rural environment.
Tours of the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center are scheduled and directed by center staff. Tours are usually between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Alternative schedules may be accommodated on a case-by-case basis.
