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Several UC Davis scientists, including Professor Lynn Kimsey, and Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by Ula Chrobak in the March edition of UC Davis Magazine, edited...

Every day on my walk I'm seeing more and more people installing the fake green grass. This artificial grass is not environmentally friendly. After 15-20 years, it gets put into the landfill because it is old. There are concerns about toxic runoff from the crumb rubber infill.

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. Sometimes in science, a new perspective brings an a ha! moment. That's what one senior researcher at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences believes happened with his latest research on Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening.

A true treasure of the Americas, hummingbirds are a diverse family of more than 340 species, only 17 of which are found north of Mexico. They are also keystone mutualists, nectar feeders that have coevolved with the indigenous plants they pollinate.

If you missed the Weed Management in Agronomic Crops for a Changing Environment 2021 online event (Nov. 15, 2021 9 AM-12 noon PST), you're in luck. We have the recordings of each presentation here.

UCCE Master Gardener Roxana Price had been a supporter of the UCCE Master Gardener program for many years, but it wasn't until fall of 2020 that she finally decided to join our program.

UC Davis scientists weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by Ula Chrobak in the March edition of UC Davis Magazine, edited by Jocelyn Anderson.

Last year, we reinstituted the San Joaquin County Delta rice variety trial, after a four-year break. San Joaquin County is one of twelve locations of the statewide trial that evaluates commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines.

By Barbara Dawson (on behalf of the UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Drought Committee) Landscape irrigation in California accounts for 1/3 to 1/2 of all residential water use.

o you ever wonder if plants communicate with each other? If so, you're not alone. The research on this important and fascinating topic has increased dramatically in the last decade.