Whether it's pinkeye, Cryptosporidium parvum, bluetongue, or poisonous plants, UC maintains a strong network to protect animal agriculture in the state.

A review of blue gum in California suggests that management efforts must be region-specific and consider native plants and animals, as well as social factors.

A century of climate data and six decades of crop acreage data in Yolo County are used to analyze climate–crop acreage trends and predict future acreages.

Cherry growers are advised to monitor outside their orchards as well as within them, and to count both male and female flies in the traps.

California researchers are assessing the suitability of beneficial natural enemies, including Trissolcus japonicus, an egg parasitoid from China, to control BMSB.

Re-isolation rates for the pathogen that causes sudden oak death disease were significantly higher in mature composts than in fresh composts.

Pasture-scale tests of prescribed grazing did not reduce yellow starthistle, but did reduce medusahead in years without late-spring rainfall.

Taking two or three cores in a few beds produces a reliable nutrient assessment that could avoid nitrogen surpluses and groundwater pollution.

Waterbirds and landbirds, including many special status species, are using flooded fields, wetlands and riparian forest on private lands.

A consensus is developing that fuel treatments are not negatively impacting the ecology of yellow pine and mixed-conifer forests.

Fuel treatments appear to reduce future fire suppression costs, but the savings are unlikely to fully offset the cost of the treatments.

After 8 years, tree height, nut quality and cumulative yield were not significantly different among pruned and unpruned trees in a developing orchard.

Double trailers are cost effective in certain situations in Oregon and Washington, but because of state transportation regulations and operational constraints, they are not cost effective in California.

Higher biomass yields and policy measures such as carbon credits are needed for biofuel production to become an economically viable industry in Northern California.

In mixed-conifer plantations in the Sierra Nevada, no large impacts were seen from commercial thinning or mastication treatments.

In this case study, converting forest wastes to electricity had energy and emissions benefits but was not economically viable.

A historic shift is occurring in the way California agriculture is engaging in groundwater management and protection.

In wet years, farm plots could serve as percolation basins for aquifer recharge; an analysis of data on soil, crops and topography highlights promising sites.

In a UCCE pilot study, small growers were unable to supply local WIC stores on an ongoing basis; few vouchers are being used at farmers markets.

The definition includes science content, scientific reasoning skills, interest in science and service learning.

The California fine wine industry has built and leveraged successful regional identities, yielding lessons for other agricultural sectors.

UCCE trainings and educational materials led to increased knowledge of fresh produce among WIC participants and A-50 store employees.

After 8 years, tree height, nut quality and cumulative yield were not significantly different among pruned and unpruned trees in a developing orchard.

A study of knowledge networks in three winegrowing regions shows an important role for UCCE and suggests strategies to boost social learning among growers.

A cooperative meadow restoration plan that successfully engaged a diverse group of stakeholders is a model for future projects.

The collaborative partnership has improved fire safety in fire-prone Plumas, Butte and Yuba county communities and stopped major wildfires.

All sides of the Sierra forest management debate have learned from SNAMP. Can stakeholders help ensure research results are part of future management?

Nearly 30 years after a burn at two sites in northeastern California, sagebrush had recovered fully and invasive grasses had diminished.

A long-term study in the Sierra Nevada confirms the negative consequences of preferentially removing large trees.

Private forests that are harvested and regenerated yield approximately 30% more carbon sequestration benefits than if they are left to grow.

The powerful mapping capabilities of Lidar soon may be widely available to California forest managers as costs fall and the technology improves.

The PD outbreak in Temecula Valley in 1999 has been contained and release of PD-resistant vines is anticipated.

UC IPM helps provide management solutions for invasive pests that destabilize IPM programs in agricultural and urban landscapes.

Little or no crop rotation and limited herbicide options have contributed to the rise of herbicide-resistant weeds in orchards, vineyards and rice fields.

A regulatory program coordinated by government agencies, scientists and growers drastically reduced insect populations.

Regional alliances of federal, state and university plant diagnostic labs work together to identify, control disease spread.

The spread of GWSS in the late 1990s led to increased costs and changes in agricultural practices for grape, citrus and nursery producers.

Ornamental plants at high risk for future invasion include 60 species that naturalized after 1940, and 94 species that have not yet naturalized.

A water inflow cutoff model and wireless sensors used in surface-irrigated alfalfa fields to reduce tail runoff save time, labor and water.

Leaching with recycled water correlated with increasing soil salinity in this study, whereas rainfall leaching decreased soil salinity.

At half the test sites receiving recycled water since 1998, chloride levels exceeded the thresholds for chloride-sensitive crops such as strawberries.

Treated wastewater proves suitable for irrigation in the Carneros and MST regions, although its nitrogen content may concern some growers.