Ongoing research

In between the rain, tornado warnings, and disappointing playoff games, I took some time this long weekend to engage in some hobbies to engage my creative side. For the most part, this was relaxing. While not a hobby, I started my taxes.

Floral terminology: Perfect vs imperfect, monoecious vs dioecious Perfect flowers: contain both male parts (stamens, the male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament) and female parts (pistils, the female organs of a flower, comprising the sti...

1. 2019 California Plant and Soil Conference February 5-6, 2019 DoubleTree Hotel & Fresno Convention Center 2233 Ventura Street, Fresno, CA 93721 Tel: 559-268-1000. http://calasa.ucdavis.

When you're munching on French fries or potato chips, you're probably not thinking about the potato psyllid. But you should be. You should especially be thinking about the zebra chip. No, it's not a newly marketed potato chip or computer chip.

After a relatively dry start to the rainfall season from October through early November, rainfall in California since November has been above average.

Multiple species of Phytophthora have been identified in production facilities of plants used in reforestation and restoration projects.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Thank you for calling the UC Master Gardener Program Help Desk this morning with a question about your young peach tree.

By Helen Dake, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Many of you know that Master Gardeners share university-based research with Napa County home gardeners through our help desk, public workshops and website. But I bet you didn't know that we also do our own field-testing research.

The title for this post is stolen from a 1938 essay by the anthropologist Leslie A. White.

It's not outlandish now, if it ever were. A recent article in Science headlined "Once Considered Outlandish, the Idea that Plants Help their Relatives Is Taking Root," and dealing with how plants communicate, is drawing widespread attention.