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Paulina Rojas, PhD student in the UC Davis Ecology Graduate Group and research project leader Samuel Sandoval Solis, UC Cooperative Expension specialist in water resources managment offering pulque tasting to an event attendee.
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UC scientists share techniques to sustainably grow agave in California

September 27, 2023
By Diana Cervantes
Tasting event showcases research on production of agave for tequila, mezcal and more A group of University of California researchers and collaborators is developing innovative agricultural techniques for growing agave in California without compromising natural resources.
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Conservation ecologist Paul CaraDonna of the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University will be the UC Davis Department of Entomology's first speaker in its fall seminar series.
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Paul CaraDonna Seminar: Understanding Plant-Pollinator Interactions

September 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Conservation ecologist Paul CaraDonna, who serves as a research scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a professor of instruction at Northwestern University, Illinois, and as a principal investigator at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colo.
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Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, working on his research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Professor Neal Williams Shares Information on Native Bees on 'Science Friday'

September 21, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Noted pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a 2015-2020 Chancellor's Fellow, recently discussed native bees on the international podcast, Science Friday, with host and executive producer Ira Flatow.
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