Ongoing research

ANR Adventures: Article

Spring travel

March 11, 2020
By Wendy Powers
Visits to our California Senators and Congressmen are over but I have follow up items with several of the staffers that I need to tackle yet this week. Thanks to Jhalendra, Marcel, Dan and Kamal for their participation last week.
View Article
Primary Image
Mary Salcedo, postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech who studies insect wings.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Seminar on March 11: Mary Salcedo and Insect Wings

March 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral research fellow Mary Salcedo of Virginia Tech will present a seminar on "Hydraulics in an Insect Wing: How Venation Pattern Affects Circulation" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar from 4:10 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 11 in 122 Briggs Hall.
View Article
Kern County: Article

Citrus Industry Stakeholder Engagement Meeting

March 10, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020 from 9:00am - 11:00am Zoom Video/Audio Conference Call Support tool for planning and evaluating spray application in citrus CEU's applied for from California DPR See attached for links to agenda and registration...
View Article
Primary Image
This is a banded-wing grasshopper, family Acrididae. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Mary Salcedo: About Those Insect Wings...

March 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever marveled at the wings of a grasshopper? Postdoctoral research fellow and insect biomechanist Mary Salcedo of Virginia Tech has. She studies insect wings.
View Article
Tehama County: Article

March 2020 Livestock and Range News

March 10, 2020
Don't forget about zinc in mineral supplementation Plus *Meeting announcements* Prescribed fire workshop March 25th Irrigated pasture workshop April 4th...
View Article
Glenn County: Article

March 2020 Livestock and Range News

March 10, 2020
Don't forget about zinc in mineral supplementation Plus *Meeting announcements* Prescribed fire workshop March 25th Irrigated pasture workshop April 4th...
View Article
Primary Image
Michael Hoffmann, recipient of Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Michael Hoffmann Selected for Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award

March 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Noted entomologist Michael Hoffmann, an emeritus professor at Cornell University known for his advocacy of climate change literacy, leadership activities and biological control projects, is the recipient of the 2020 Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award from the UC Davis Department of Ent...
View Article
UCCE Siskiyou: Article

Winter 2020

March 10, 2020
Greetings from the Siskiyou County Agronomy Advisor Research Updates Scott Valley Alfalfa Variety Trial New Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor Looking for Collaborator...
View Article
Primary Image
Cover crops, equipment for cover crop management, soil function, and cotton market initiatives will be topics discussed at the March 26th public educational field day at Teixeira & Sons LLC, at 11323 Erreca Road in Dos Palos, CA
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Field day to help farmers keep California cotton alive

March 10, 2020
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Farmers and other agriculture professionals interested in cotton are invited to a field day 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 26 to find ways to revitalize the California cotton industry. The meeting will be at Teixeira & Sons Farm, 11323 Erreca Rd., Dos Palos. For free registration, email hello@fibershed.
View Article