Agriculture

The VINE, an initiative by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, is now accepting applications for its VINE Validation of Innovation Program.

Soil health refers to the ability of a specific soil to perform multiple functions, including nutrient cycling, sustaining plant and animal growth, maintaining diversity, regulating water dynamics, moderating climate and a whole slew of other attributes we expect of soils.

Field Finds: Fungus Among Us Siomara Zendejas, Ventura County UCCE SRA I stumbled upon this delightful find while doing some field work in an avocado orchard. The light coming in through the canopy made it very easy to spot the branch among the leaf litter.

USDA-APHIS Approves New Fuller Rose Beetle Mitigation a Voluntary Option to Reduce Pesticide Applications By Sandipa Gautam, Area Citrus IPM Advisor UCCE James R Cranney, President CCQC At the request of the California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...

When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house, "An Evening at the Museum," on Saturday, July 22, showcasing moths and flies, the moth experts were there to celebrate National Moth Week, July 22-30 and the fly experts had just attended the 10th International Dipterology Congress, held Jul...

The Argentine ant is the most widespread species of invasive ant, thriving in urban areas, agricultural settings and nature parks on every continent except Antarctica. The species can form "supercolonies" that link hundreds of nests and millions of workers.

Frank Zalom never set out to study insect science. The UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus, an icon in the entomological world, especially in integrated pest management (IPM), grew up thinking that he might be working for the telephone company.

Siskiyou County rancher Jack Cowley, 91, joyfully recalled the special Christmas gift that delighted his seven children in the 1960s. Cowley, then a practicing eye doctor in Sacramento, and his late wife Barbara surprised the children with a white quarterhorse, which they named Silver.

Histricamente, las palmeras datileras han crecido a lo largo de las riberas de los ros o en reas con presencia de agua subterrnea ya que requieren de agua en abundancia para producir una buena cosecha.

Doce organizaciones sern las encargadas de crear y dirigir los Centros Regionales de Empresas Alimentarias, entre ellas la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales de la Universidad de California (UC ANR, por sus siglas en ingls), as lo dio a conocer el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados...