Ongoing research

2018 Farm Call Summary Disease Highlight: Verticuillium wilt, Verticillium dahliae Save the Date - Cover Crop and Soil Health Field Day December 6, 2018 Insecticide screening and cucumber beetle biology and movement in fresh-market melons Monitoring southern blight prevalence in Colusa County...

Guest instructors, chosen for their involvement in developing solutions to the problems associated with grape pests and diseases, provide the latest management information on current topics, including: Breeding grapevines for Pierce's Disease resistance Controlling grape fungal disease such as powde...

A newly published literature review in the Journal of Sustainability conducted by a team of Berkeley Food Institute researchers has found that while many studies cite the potential food security benefits of urban agriculture (UA), there are few that robustly measure the impact of urban farms on impr...

Sudden oak death, which has killed millions of trees in California over the past 20 years, is spreading more slowly, according to California's most recent citizen-science sudden oak death survey.

Reposted from the UC Berkeley News The 1972 Clean Water Act has driven significant improvements in U.S. water quality, according to the first comprehensive study of water pollution over the past several decades, by researchers at UC Berkeley and Iowa State University.

In this issue: Science Night October 10 Achievement Night October 11 Project Leader Field Day October 20 New County Ambassador Program Launched...

4-H Spirit Day Volunteer Online Training Webinar Schedule Feather River Volunteer Training Day 4-H Calendar of Events 4-H Craft Day County Ambassador Overview TSC Paper Clover 4-H Shooting Sports Workshops Club Leader Essentials Certification Course Achievement Night Photos...

At last Saturday's plant sale at the UC Davis Arboretum, I bought a Tagetes lucida.

The River Fire began July 27, 2018 at 1pm on Old River Road in Hopland. By the evening it had spread, and was threatening numerous buildings in the area. We have a ANR Research and Extension Center (HREC) there, and Shane Feirer from IGIS lives and works here.

The River Fire began July 27, 2018 at 1pm on Old River Road in Hopland. By the evening it had spread, and was threatening numerous buildings in the area. We have a ANR Research and Extension Center (HREC) there, and Shane Feirer from IGIS lives and works here.