Ongoing research

Molecular geneticist and physiologist Joanna Chiu, associate professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has been named one of 10 UC Davis Chancellor's Fellows, an honor awarded to associate professors who excel in research and teaching.

One reason to research plants is that they stay put. But more about that later.

Do you like mysteries? You know, those who-done-it books and stories; or do you prefer those mysteries which start with clues where you guess an item or thing from what you're given?

With over 700 participants, 100 volunteers, and 19 organizations involved, the Farm-to-Preschool Festival was a huge success! https://www.thedesertreview.com/agriculture/preschoolers-learn-where-food-comes-from-the-farm-smart-way/article_cbc4dbc6-2229-11e9-a67f-57d21470c5b3.

Over the years of Kerb use in lettuce (more like decades) there has been a lot of work on application methods. Our transplanted lettuce in southern California is usually grown on drip and when possible, we like to apply all things through it.

Cannabis is unlike any other agricultural crop. Because of its circuitous history once illegal to grow, and now legal but heavily regulated cannabis has cast a unique footprint on the environment and the communities of farmers who grow it.

by Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Why do sunflowers follow the sun? This mystery has been researched and hopefully solved. Recently discoveries at U.C. Davis have explained what this movement is and what causes it.

This is where a group of trained, certified Master Gardeners are on hand to research your questions and get back to you within days.

I wish to make cherry pie fillings to can, and have purchased the cook-type Clearjel (aka: ClearJel, Clear Jel, CLEARJEL). Clearjel in the NCHFP pie filling recipes makes an extremely thick pie filling; some would call it gloppy, over thickened.

Pests need food, water, and shelter to live. Unfortunately, some of us unknowingly attract and even invite pests to live in and around our homes! Insect and animal pests can pass through small spaces.