Ongoing research

A new season of Master Gardener Workshops is about to start! The series kicks off with Seed Starting on January 31, and will conclude on May 23 with a workshop on drip irrigation. In all, this Spring series totals 17 workshops, including five all-new topics.

Since the rain and wind stopped, the busiest businesses I have seen on my walks are roofers, fencers andarborists/tree services. This last business got me really looking at the trees around me to assess their health. This is something anyone who lives in a home should do routinely.

With more than 100 new employees joining UC ANR in the past year, there is an extremely high demand for mentors in the fifth annual ANR Mentorship Program.

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No butterfly. No beer. Blame the rain. Blame the cold. As of today, Jan. 26, no one has won Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest," aka Suds-for-a-Bug. Not Art, not anyone.

USDA forest research entomologist Chris Fettig of the USDA's Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, will speak on "Bark Beetles: How Tiny Insects Are Transforming Western Forests with a Little Help From Climate Change" at a seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematolog...

The heavy rains have stopped a lot of growers from getting into their wheat fields, and growers may be wondering what the best move is given the break in the weather.

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Anti-Discrimination.

USDA Forest Service research entomologist Justin Runyon of the Rocky Mountain Research Station, Montana, will present a special UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology in-person and virtual seminar on "Secrets of a Long Life: Chemical Defense of Bark Beetles by Bristlecone Pines" on Tuesday...