Ongoing research

Just a hoax. A fear-mongering hoax. A so-called Facebook "public service announcement" on Aug. 21 that warned of a new deadly spider species spreading across the United States went viral, but it was all fake news.

Fall Horticulture Class - Tehachapi Bakersfield Fall Horticulture Class: Special Topics 2019 Horticultural Study Tour: Thailand...

HREC and Post-Fire Research Opportunities What is HREC? The UC Hopland Research & Extension Center (HREC) is a multi-disciplinary research and education facility in Mendocino County located in the foothills of the Coast Range about two hours north of Berkeley.

You're Your Best Garden Tool As the days warm and beckon us outside, we start to think of all those gardening chores we've put off since last year.

Canoeing on a mountain lake, telling stories around a campfire, sleeping under the stars it's the quintessential summer camp experience and for thousands of California kids it's also their first introduction to UC's 4-H program.

This is the most recent activity summary of a group of organizations working on the Invasive Shot Hole Borers and their associated fungal symbionts.

In this show, first aired September 17, 2015, Mel talks about his visionary concept called Square Foot Gardening. The Square Foot Gardening method has enabled people around the world, including people with disabilities and the blind, to feed themselves.

It was bound to happen. A "real" honey bee flying alongside "fake" bees on a bee crossing sign. We photographed this honey bee (below) at 1/1000 of second (with a Nikon D500 and a 105mm lens with the f-stop set at 16 and ISO at 800), but honey bee flight is truly amazing.

Today I visited two fields with large moth numbers (Hwy 45 and White Rd, and Hwy 45 at Knights Landing). On the White Rd field, where the traps caught about 80 armyworm moths per night last week, I found at least one worm in all stops I made (about 10). The worms were small.

Don't forget the rice field day! - Management of stem rot - New watergrass species - Testing for suspected herbicide resistance - Rice Yield Contest...