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DAVIS--Using candy (Skittles), magnolia leaves, mosquito eggs and sheets of paper, UC Davis agricultural entomologist and remote sensing technology researcher Christian Nansen explored how light penetrates and scatters--and found that how you see an object can depend on what is next to it, under it...

The previous blog post explained how moving air helps maximize photosynthesis by increasing the ambient CO2 diffusion into the leaf. The trick is to efficiently move air around the greenhouse so that can happen. Since 1967, when the Horizontal Air Flow (HAF) concept was introduced by Dr.

I noticed the Davis skeleton was welcoming visitors to the building again this morning, after having spent some time in the elevator and on the exercise bike. The skeleton appears to now be waiting for a meeting to begin.

[Originally published in the Fall 2018 issue of the Green Bulletin. Modified slightly from original.] Invasive wood-boring beetles are attacking hundreds of thousands of trees in southern California, including commercial avocados, and trees within urban landscapes and wildland environments.

California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources vice president Glenda Humiston signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento Oct. 26 to initiate a new partnership to advance climate-smart agriculture in California. This partnership will provide $1.

Learn about opportunities to receive continuing education hours. October is upon us and before you know it, we'll be wrapped up in the busy holiday season.

Nymphs In 2018, we conducted weekly nymph counts at three vineyard locations in Mendocino County from May 24- September 6. The first emergence of VCLH nymphs occurred during the week of May 14th (Table 1, Figure 1) and densities peaked on June 8, July 6, August 12 and September 4.

Following the recent webinar on Citrus Thrips presented by Beth Grafton-Cardwell, a second webinar on Avocado Diseases will be offered in November. Check out the Thrips webinar and if interested enroll in the avocado one. https://ucanr.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years! So many holidays, so many decorating opportunities! You hear Teena and Katrina every month for the This Month in the Garden segments so you know those two will fill the hour with a plethora of incredible visions of pumpkin crafts, cornucopia f...

Talk about insect-inspired fashions! Insects are in.