Ongoing research

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UC Agriculture and Natural Resources professionals are working and available. (Photo: Pixabay)
ANR News Releases: Article

ANR is still working for Californians

March 18, 2020
By Linda Forbes
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is available to assist Californians across the state during the new coronavirus crisis.
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Plant nematologist Shahid Masood Siddique of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Predicting the Sex of Cyst Nematodes

March 18, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Parents often try to predict the gender of their offspring, but is it possible to predict the sex of a cyst or sexually dimorphic nematode?
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Yvonne Savio now volunteers as a UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardener.
ANR News Blog: Article

Gardening provides stress relief in trying times

March 18, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
With many schools are closed due to the coronavirus crisis, families are educating and entertaining children at home. Susan Schena of The Patch provided nine enriching activities for housebound kids; for the third one she turned to UC Master Gardner Louisa R.
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Heading East

March 18, 2020
As winter sets in here my wife and I always look towards warmer environs. This time we are off to Cambodia, Viet Nam, and Myanmar, from where I hope to get the material for this round of blogs. We will be gone a month, so it will take some remembering and note-taking to keep everything in mind.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

An update on COVID-19 and the Nutrition Policy Institute

March 18, 2020
By Danielle Lee
To mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in California, University of California (UC) campuses, the UC Office of the President, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) and the Nutrition Policy Institute are working to protect our community by issuing guidance to minimize face-to-face intera...
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The breadth and depth of agricultural knowledge created by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is unparalleled, wrote Taylor Roschen. (Photo: Michael Rosenblum)
ANR News Blog: Article

California Farm Bureau advocates for UC ANR

March 18, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
Policy advocate at the California Farm Bureau Federation, Taylor Roschen, wrote a 736-word commentary, published in AgAlert today, praising the value of UC Cooperative Extension advisors and advocating for an additional $20 million annual funding from the state of California.
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Viral Control of HLB?

March 18, 2020
By Ben A Faber
IMMOKALEE, Fla. University of Florida scientists are working toward establishing a new biological method that may help farmers control the insect that transmits the deadly greening disease into citrus trees.
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Gov. Newsom, wearing a dark suit, stands beside Katherine Uhde, who is wearing a green Master Gardener blouse.
ANR Employee News: Article

Master Gardeners team with HomeFirst to serve homeless

March 17, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Gov. Gavin Newsom was in San Jose, the Bay Area's largest city, Feb. 27 to tour tiny houses that are designed as transitional living communities. Newsom said it is an innovative project that could help combat the homeless crisis across the state.
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