Ongoing research

"What are YOU doing here?" It was Saturday morning, Jan. 23, and the monarch caterpillar seemed to be sunning itself on a milkweed leaf in our family's pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., a Solano County city situated between San Francisco and Sacramento. Yes, Saturday, Jan. 23.

Weeds are important pests of California rice systems, and weed management can account for roughly 17 percent of total operating costs (Espino et al., 2016). Integrated weed management uses cultural and chemical practices where herbicide are important tools.

Engineers: Inspiring Wonder, February 21-27, 2021 Founded by NSPE in 1951, Engineers Week (February 2127, 2021) is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.

In 2020 everything was officially tossed up in the air, and all of the rulebooks were thrown out the window. This past year it has been hard to predict how the year-end fundraising efforts statewide would fair. The fundraising team at UC ANR is still calculating the totals raised for this year.

In researching this subject, I recalled the fury of a fellow Master Gardener on this subject and ran across a few articles that echoed this sentiment. Phrases like fast-growing, aggressive, menace, and winning the war were used to describe the struggle to control this pervasive weed.

Presentation Field Day in 2021 will have a different look and feel, but we are doing our best to have the event in a way we can all participate in. This year Presentation Field Day will not be an in-person event, but we will have all of the contests we have had in the past.

We're grateful for UC ANR's internal grant that funded projects aimed at Developing Online Educational Resources Targeted at Underserved Audiences.

The Intermountain Research and Extension Center is soliciting proposals from researchers for new and continuing research projects in 2021-22. IREC is a 140-acre research facility located at 4,000 feet elevation near the Oregon border.

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Celebrate with ANR colleagues on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. in February.

The 10th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a science-based day celebrating the diversity of life, will sport a new look and a longer life this year. It won't be a single day for you to visit all the museums and collections on campus and talk to the scientists.