Ongoing research

Just like a UC Davis double-decker bus, plans are moving right along for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day/Month), being celebrated throughout the month of February. Remember last year? On Feb.

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, a global authority on tsetse flies, is the principal investigator of a research project at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) that involves scanning the entire reproductive cycle of the fly.

37th Annual State 4-H Shooting Sports Match sponsored by Siskiyou County 4-H Council Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2021 from UCCE Kern Office Please make checks payable to: Kern County 4-H Sponsors See attached for information and entry form...

A colleague at Ohio State University (sorry, I mean The Ohio State University) shared a recent series of extension publications they put together related to specialty crop injury from the auxininic herbicides dicamba and 2,4-D.

This last fall my sister gave me the wonderful gift of several succulents. Two were similar in size and appearance, each having very plump leaves coming off a central stem. One was a very pale green, the Pachyphytum bracteosum, also known as Moonstone.

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Remember when we were able to go to Disneyland prior to the pandemic? One of my favorite places because of the beautiful garden sculptures. I had a Mickey Mouse wedding, but I digress. My friend's daughter was getting married and she was redoing her yard to hold the wedding.

Managing Cover Crops in Annual Cropping Systems Wednesday, February 10 11:00am - 12:30pm Featuring: Sarah Light Agronomy Advisor Sutter, Yuba & Colusa Counties...

Annually on February 2, groundhogs get a lot of coverage. Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are burrowing rodents often found in the eastern United States. But in California, any shadows from burrowing rodents are unlikely to be a groundhog.

A group of California farmers will share their experiences improving soil health in cotton production by growing cover crops, reducing tillage, applying compost and other practices during an online session at 11 a.m. Feb. 23.