Posts Tagged: Nature journal
Pollinator Habitat: Important Part of Solar Energy Study
Solar energy should not only be used to benefit global sustainability, but to protect our global...
Solar energy can be used to protect pollinator habitat, according to a research paper published July 9 in the journal Nature. This is Anthophora urbana, a ground-nesting solitary bee which has a broad distribution including the Mojave Desert. It is a floral generalist collecting pollen and nectar from many species of plants, says UC Davis entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz)
Native bee Megachile sp. on Mentzelia flower in the Mojave Desert. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz)
Newly Published Research in Scientific Reports Offers New Insights in Ability to Modify and Study Chromosomes of Honey Bees
Newly published research by a team of Germany-based honey bee geneticists, collaborating with...
Honey bee geneticist Rob Page (left) of Arizona State University/UC Davis with colleagues bee breeder-geneticist Kim Fondrk (center) of UC Davis and geneticist Martin Beye, former postdoctoral fellow in the Page lab and now a professor at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
How to Have a Rice Day
Rice farmers in southeast Asia don't "have a rice day" when the dreaded brown planthopper is...
This photo shows sesame and the grass, Leersia sayanuka, planted together along a rice field edge in China. Sesame is important because it provides pollen and nectar for the parasitoids. (Photo courtesy of Zhongzian Lu)
Rice Farmers May Want to ‘Bank On’ This Research
Rice farmers seeking to protect their crops from pests but without the high dependency of...
This photo shows sesame and the grass (Leersia sayanuka) planted together along a rice field edge in China. Sesame is important because it provides pollen and nectar for the parasitoids. (Photo courtesy of Zhongxian Lu)
Why They're Cautioning: 'Use Antimicrobials Wisely'
UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues are on a mission. When the United...
The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues point to a World Health Organization paper indicating that malaria is one of the diseases that "can no longer be cured with many older antibiotics or medicines." (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)