Posts Tagged: clover
Let's celebrate our Special Edition Golden Clover Award Winners!
The 2023 University of California 4-H Golden Clover Awards recognize outstanding achievements of...
Solano County Fair, June 15-18: Bees, Butterflies and More
You might not expect to see Anthocharis sara sara in McCormack Hall during the 74th annual Solano...
A clerk at McCormack Hall, Solano County Fair, displays two junior division photos: one of a honey bee by Jesse Means of Dixon, and the other of a orange-tip butterfly by Regan Van Tuyl of Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a portion of a painting by Caitlin Douglas of Vallejo. It's titled "Clover Honey."
McCormack Hall superintendent Sharon Payne (left) and daughter Julianna Payne Brown, assistant superintendent, display a quilt.
Clover Root Curculio in Alfalfa
I have received a couple calls this year from growers and a PCA about root scarring in alfalfa...
Clover Research Published on St. Pat's Day: Luck o' the Irish?
When evolutionary ecologist Marc Johnson, a professor of biology at the University of Toronto,...
Principal investigator (PI) Marc Johnson (far right) led the team with co-PI Rob Ness (far left), second author; and doctoral student James Santangelo (center), first author, all of the University of Toronto. The research was published in the journal Science on St. Patrick's Day (Johnson's birthday anniversary), with the official publication set March 18 (Ness' birthday anniversary).
The clover or shamrock symbolizes St. Patrick's Day, but this herbivore just considers it lunch. This image of a yellow-striped armyworm moth, Spodoptera ornithogalli, was taken in Louisiana. (Photo courtesy of Marc Johnson, University of Toronto)
Global Research Project Shows Strong Evolutionary Adaptation of White Clover
A newly published global study of white clover shows its strong evolutionary adaptation in urban...
Biology professor Marc Johnson (right) of the University of Toronto, Mississauga, served as the principal investigator (PI) of the white clover project. With him are assistant professor Rob Ness (far left), co-PI and second author; and doctoral student James Santangelo, first author.
Marine evolutionary ecologist Joanna Griffiths worked on the project while a doctoral student at Louisiana State University. She quantified the amount of hydrogen cyanide present in each clover sample "from rural Baton Rouge all the way to the city center. Each sample was digested and incubated for a couple hours," she said. “The cyanide in the sample chemically reacts with the special paper, turning it blue. Thus, a blue spot on the paper indicates that the clover sample had cyanide present.”
This map from the published research article shows the sites and results of the white clover project.