Ongoing research

El reciclaje de aguas residuales en Los ngeles es el enfoque de un nuevo reporte dado a conocer por e Centro Luskin para la Innovacin de UCLA y la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales de UC.

A robot that navigates and weeds row-crop fields and its design team from Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts have garnered the grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. Five winning teams, representing various universities and colleges across the U.S.

Common Vision I found a purple flower! I see 5 pumpkins! Hm I think there's more than that. Did you really look in there? Wanda calmly guided an energetic crowd of first graders through the garden space.

When to Prune Avocados and Suggestions of How to Prune In the past avocados were rarely pruned. In fact, if the trees got very big, growers would stump them down to 3-4 feet and then let them regrow. This would often be a disaster, since the trees rapidly grew to stupendous sizes again.

Some of the pleasures of summer and fall include biting into a moist, fresh piece of fruit, or eating a warm, baked pastry filled with juicy fruit. Adding to the enjoyment would be if the fruit came from a tree in your garden.

Favorite plants for winter gardens in Fresno County are brassicas such as cabbage, broccoli and kale which are available in standard and ornamental varieties. If you're growing these healthy vegetables, keep an eye out for cabbageworms.

The bumps on oak tree foliage and branches are galls caused by minute cynipid wasps, and do not harm people or the trees. Tasks Cut warm-season grasses short and over-seed with cool season grasses annual or perennial rye or fine fescue. Better yet let them go dormant to save water and mowing.

The fundamental chemistry of combustion lies at the core of the living world. When it happens within a cell it's called respiration. When it happens outside organisms, it's called fire. (Stephen Pyne, NOVA) Plants cannot move when threatened by fire.

A spectacular leaf insect is the latest addition to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's hallway display of origami, all crafted by UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi of Davis. Leaf insects, family Phylliidae, resemble leaves as their name implies.

Biochar, the product of charring wood under low oxygen conditions, shares many properties with activated charcoal, a common component of at-home water purifiers.