Ongoing research

Earlier this school year, over 50 students, parents, Master Gardeners and school staff, including Principal Jeffrey Diulio gathered after school in the school garden to watch Chef Sean Stewart cook three delicious fall soups: pumpkin, Green Goddess, and Acqua Cotta (Cooked Water).

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has awarded more than $1 million to fund three UC Agriculture and Natural Resources integrated pest management projects to research insects that have the potential to become pests in California agriculture.

Dear Colleagues, UC MEXUS is pleased to announce that the 2020 Calls for Proposals for Collaborative Grants, providing seed funding of up to $25,000 to teams of UC and Mexico researchers for pilot projects in basic and applied research.

Our food environment (what we have access to around us to eat and drink) greatly influences what we consume.

Who says California doesn't have seasons? The appearance of the Naked Lady (Amaryllis belladonna) in August has always signaled the waning days of summer vacation for me.

Where is Tom's entomology kit? Does anybody know? When UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal delivered the Founders' Memorial Lecture at the recent Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in St. Louis, Mo.

On Thursday, October 17, 2019 the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) held a Lemon Rootstock and Scion workshop and field tour in Santa Paula, California.

Mistletoe is a familiar sight of the season, often found wrapped in ribbon and hung for certain festivities this time of year. But did you know it is actually a parasitic plant that grows on a number of landscape trees in California? There are two types of mistletoe in California.

By Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Winter is a perfect time to start planning the pollinator garden you will create in the spring. Start by deciding just where you would like to put the garden.

Two doctoral students in the UC Department of Entomology and Nematology excelled in their research presentations at the recent meeting of the Entomological Society of America in St. Louis, Mo.