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From page 26 of the Progressive Crop Consultant (March/April 2022) magazine. Zheng Wang is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops and Irrigation Advisor for Stanislaus County. Introduction Basil is one of the most important herb spices for the diets of people in the Central Valley.

Doctoral candidate Maureen Page of the laboratory of pollination ecologist/professor Neal Williams of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her exit seminar on "Impacts of Managed Honey Bees on Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms" at 10 a.m.

Heal the earth by healing the soil? Are we really able to slow global warming by manipulating dirt? Humans have been stripping mother earth of her verdant, life-supporting cloak for a long time, but the damage has shot up to a critical stage in recent years.

When evolutionary biologist Corlett Wood attended her first evolutionary meeting in 2010 in Portland, Ore., she reported that "I had found my people." Today she's an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has found her calling.

Evolutionary biologist Corlett Wolfe Wood, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on "The Conflict Beneath Your Feet: Indirect Effects in Plant-Symbiont Interactions" at the Wednesday, May 18th virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology a...

Nematologist Shahid Siddique of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and his doctoral student Alison Coomer, drew widespread recognition at the Seventh International Congress of Nematology (ICN), held May 1-6 in Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France.

Nearly half of the 14,500 tons of solid waste generated by public schools in the US is food packaging. University of California researchers have created a standardized method to measure this waste as a first step toward reducing it.

Participants of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program often report high prices and lack of access to high-quality, affordable produce as a leading barrier to increasing their fruit and vegetable consumption.

During a GROW Field Day when 100 high school students enjoyed harvesting and tasting avocados, the Orange County Farm Bureau announced a $690,000 gift to expand University of California-affiliated programs that introduce young people to agricultural careers.

There are all kinds of pollinators in an avocado orchard, not just honeybees. In fact, there is a whole range of native bees that also pollinate the trees. There are nearly 1,600 native bee species in California, and over 30 have been identified in avocado orchards in Ventura County alone .