Ongoing research

When I first started flower gardening, I planted mostly annuals. I would look at the perennial bed diagrams in books, which plot out perennials for successive bloom periods, and it seemed too complex and geared towards East Coast flowers.

Some odd observations of the 2022 harvest Unusual Gopher Damage in Bearing Pistachio Trees Epicarp Lesion versus Internal Kernel Discoloration (IKD) in Pistachio "Off-type" Golden Hills Trees Found in Some Orchards. A Bud Sport is Suspected.

Cover crops offer many potential benefits including improving soil health but not knowing the costs can be a barrier for growers who want to try this practice.

Irrigation Stress and Early-Navel Fruit Maturity Craig Kallsen UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Subtropical Horticulture and Pistachio, Kern County To maximize profits in the early navel orange market, growers need to have large fruit size and sufficient yellow-orange color and a high enough s...

Never be late for dinner or it might be all gone. Take the case of the Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola, that we planted last April for the monarchs. Monarchs seem to favor Tithonia more than any other nectar source in our pollinator garden.

Srdan Tunic, a UC Davis graduate student studying for his master's degree in art history, will deliver a presentation on "Plants, Insects and Art: Mary Foley Benson's Scientific Illustrations," from 11 to 11:50 a.m., Saturday, Oct.

So, you've planted a bee garden, and you're looking at it and thinking "Okay, now what?" You'll want to register for a class on "I Planted a Bee Garden: Now What?," offered Saturday, Oct. 29 by the UC Davis Bee Haven, part of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Ecological Services Coordinator LOCATION: Oakland, CA JOB TYPE: Full-time (37.5 hrs) DEPARTMENT: Ecological Services Unit JOB NUMBER: 22-GB-16 CLOSING DATE: 5:00 PM (Pacific), October 19, 2022 For more information or to apply, click HERE.

Several years ago, while visiting a dear friend and former work colleague in the Bay Area, I toured her plant-packed backyard admiring her husband's koi pond and her collection of tropical plants.

It's been a very long week for anyone with friends or family in Florida, the southeastern US or west coast of Mexico. The ecosystem and human devastation from Hurricanes Ian and Orlene will be huge. It was just a few weeks ago that Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico.