Posts Tagged: National Academy of Sciences
Perfect Timing for Publication of Important Research Paper on Root-Knot Nematodes
Perfect timing. Today, during the 62nd annual international conference of the Society...
An illustration from the PNAS paper: Rice infected by root-knot nematodes (stained in red). (Illustration by Shahid Siddique)
Newly Published Nematode Research: Hijacking Plant Development to Facilitate Parasitism
A UC Davis research team has discovered that “both a harmful plant bacterium and a...
An illustration from the PNAS paper: Rice infected by root-knot nematodes (stained in red). (Illustration by Shahid Siddique)
Flight of the Lady Beetle
Have you ever seen a lady beetle, aka ladybird beetle, aka ladybug, take...
A lady beetle prepares for take-off in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The lady beetle unfolds its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And the lady beetle takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
High Honor for Cornell Professor Anurag Agrawal, UC Davis Alumnus
Congratulations to UC Davis doctoral alumnus Anurag Agrawal of Cornell University,...
Cornell University Professor Anurag Agrawal collecting data in Ithaca. He is a newly elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. (Courtesy Photo)
A monarch, Danaus plexippus, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville, Calif. The declining population of monarchs is troubling. Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, says monarchs are on life support. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar chewing on a stem of narrowleaf milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why This Corn Pest May Lose Its Nickname of 'Billion-Dollar Beetle'
The Western corn rootworm, known as “the billion-dollar beetle” because its...
A cornfield in Franklin, Pa. (Photo by Fishhawk of Flickr, Creative Commons)
Corn rootworm adult feeding on silk. (Photo by Sarah Zukoff)
Corn rootworm damage. (Photo by Keith Waldron)