Ongoing research

April's Wildtending Walk at Verbena Fields marked the third of this year-long monthly series. Each month, we discover changes that have taken place and learn the stages of a plant's growth (e.g. leaf, bloom, seed).

Hello Fodder Friends! This spring I've taken many farm calls from grape growers in Amador and Calaveras counties who are concerned about uneven shoot growth or, in severe cases, the complete lack of budbreak.

It was July 3, 2020. The male bees, Melissodes agilis, were getting quite territorial. Every time a butterfly, a honey bee or another insect in our family's pollinator garden expressed an interest in foraging on the Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola, a male Melissodes buzzed them.

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Reposted from the UC ANR News New certification program will increase opportunities for prescribed fire across California A group of 19 experienced prescribed burners are gathered in Eureka this week to become certified as prescribed fire burn bosses.

Greetings, Please see the attached newsletter with two pistachio focused articles covering irrigation scheduling during drought, and large bug control. thank you, Mae Culumber cmculumber@ucanr.

Biochemistry and molecular biology major Barry Nguyen, enrolled in a longevity course taught by UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, won first place in the science, engineering and mathematics (SEM) category of the 2021 Norma J.

More than 50 ANR people got their daily steps in while participating in the annual UC Walks on May 12. They gathered online for light stretching to warm up, then went outside to walk or stayed on Zoom for group yoga.

Just like you sustain your human body through proper nourishment, adding organic amendments and fertilizers to the soil increases beneficials and microorganisms in the garden body's biological system! Growing a healthy soil is part of a resource recovery plan.

Richards named ag land acquisitions academic coordinator Chandra Mercedes Richards joined UC Cooperative Extension as agricultural land acquisitions academic coordinator II for San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties on May 10.