Ongoing research

How do you manage thrips in lettuce production? Research entomologist Daniel Hasegawa of the Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U. S.

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By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One of the reasons I really enjoy having fruit trees is that they are perennials: they give back a lot for relatively little effort. You can get the same benefits from perennial vegetables.

Have you thought about making sauerkraut? Do you already make sauerkraut? Or, have you made sauerkraut, and something went terribly wrong and you don't want to make it again? These are questions many of us have asked and continue to ask ourselves.

by Carrie Strohl An Invitation to Propagate and Donate Expertise or Plants A few months ago, I read about the rise of houseplant popularity in the American Gardener, a publication of the American Horticultural Society (AHS).

While we continue to spend more time than usual indoors, you may have noticed a few unexpected (and perhaps unwanted) co-occupants like ants, cockroaches, or mice.

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Background Pyrethroid pesticides strongly bind to suspended sediments carried in agricultural runoff and have been identified as a source of aquatic toxicity on the central coast by both the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

Robbin Thorp would have been proud of what happened on Thursday, Jan. 14. When the UC Davis emeritus professor of entomology, a global authority on bumble bees, died June 7, 2019 at age 85, scientists found a way to memorialize him and what he loved.

An internal search to fill the director position at Sierra Foothills REC was conducted during November-December 2020. Unfortunately, no applications were received. UCANR leadership and UC Livestock & Natural Resources academics are exploring options to provide sustained leadership for SFREC.