Ongoing research

When I first started my Ph.D. in Weed Science, I encountered a strange, new language that appeared to be composed, almost entirely, of acronyms. PRE. POST. PD. Layby. PPI. AI. Etc...

Former student and GIS expert Chippie Kislik alerted me to this video. She is working with others at NASA Ames on a Sierra Nevada DSS Ecological Forecasting Project. A video about the project is here.

"Bees are incredibly good at picking up what's in their environment." So said Senior Extension Associate Maryann Frazier of Penn State when she addressed the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar last Wednesday, April 2 in Briggs Hall.

Upcoming events Family Fair - Saturday April 5th at the fairgrounds Plant Clinic - Friday April 11 at Griff's Feed and Seed...

At a recent avocado meeting, Carol Lovatt of the Botany Department at UC Riverside pointed out that avocado fruit take up more potassium than nitrogen, almost twice as much, and that much of that uptake occurs later when the fruit is expanding.

The honey bees know it before we do. The tangerines are blooming. Today dozens of bees buzzed around our tangerine trees, doing their annual job of pollinating the crop. The tangerine, the common name of the mandarin orange, is native to southeast Asia.

Check out Kevin's report on our visit to the White House. http://gif-news.blogspot.com/2014/04/gif-at-white-house-climate-data.

In early 2012 UCCE conducted a survey of rice storage facilities (on and off-farm) to see what research and extension needs the rice industry had in this area.

Adult and nymphal stages of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Photo by Michael Rogers, UC) An Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) was found on a trap in southern Arroyo Grande last week (identification was made by CDFA on 26 March, 2014).

What's a picnic without bugs? Frankly, who would want to attend a picnic WITHOUT bugs? The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is gearing up for the 100th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day, set from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 12. Come one, come all. Bugs, too.