Agriculture

Olive orchards entering an OFF year in 2024 may benefit from pre-bloom foliar boron (B) applications to support reproduction and yield.

Later this month, the USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) will kick off its fourth national study of the U.S. sheep industry.

All aboard for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day! You can visit UC Davis museums or collections, talk to the scientists, and learn more about what makes UC Davis an internationally known science-based university. The free-and-family-friendly event, set Saturday, Feb.

En espaol If you raise backyard chickens or breed game fowl, UC Cooperative Extension has an app for you. The new mobile app offers information for raising healthy chickens.

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Fungal-Bacterial Interactions: Bridging Soil Niches in Regulating Carbon and Nitrogen Processes Grasslands play a vital role in the nutrient cycling process of both carbon and nitrogen.

"Forests cover approximately 30 percent of the Earth's landmass and provide important ecosystem services that include food, fuel, and timber, as well as habitat for diverse organisms. Threats posed to forests by invasive and pestiferous species are rapidly growing.

With heavy rains in the forecast amid strengthening El Nio conditions, almond growers should be on the lookout for a rare disease that can cause severe damage to their orchards, according to Florent Trouillas, a University of California Cooperative Extension specialist in fruit and nut pathology.

"Why Study Insects?" That's the title of a poster next to the door of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis.

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have a complex relationship with other microorganisms, arthropods, plants, and soil.