Agriculture

Oohs and aahs fill the classroom as Stacey Amparano, Farm Smart program manager at the Desert Research and Extension Center in Holtville, yanks an ear of corn off a stalk. Holding it high in the air, she begins shucking the corn to reveal a bright yellow color.

If you love tomatoes, you hate any and all pests that attack them. That would include the larvae of Tuta absoluta, a South American tomato leafminer. In its adult stage, it's a moth in the family Gelechilidae. In its larval stage, it's a major agricultural pest.

Kyle Lewald, doctoral candidate in the laboratory of UC Davis molecular geneticist/physiologist Joanna Chiu, will present his exit seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22 in 122 Briggs and also on Zoom. The link is: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

Branched broomrape is a parasitic plant that is an A-listed noxious weed in California, requiring crop destruction and a hold order to be placed on reported fields.

In my previous blog, I gave an overview of the first two days of COMPOST2023. The event, hosted by the The US Composting Council in January, was an outstanding learning and networking experience.

Don't miss the nematodes at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 18. The daylong event, known as a "Super Science Day"--and free and family friendly--will showcase 11 museums or collections. It's an opportunity to ask questions and chat with the scientists.

Las herramientas del sitio web CalAgroClimate permiten que los granjeros se preparen para las heladas Una ola de fro da las flores de los almendros en todo el Valle Central, resultando en un reclamo a las aseguradoras de cultivos por prdidas de ms de 44 millones de dlares en febrero del 2018.

UC ANR experts address emotional toll of drought Preparing the American West for prolonged drought is the focus of a double issue of Water Resources IMPACT magazine.

I couldn't believe it when I heard that COMPOST2023, billed as the world's largest composting event, was going to be held in Ontario, California in January.

The University of California Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center the site of popular school field trips, 4-H programs, a UC Master Gardener demonstration garden, and numerous research trials on crops and landscape plants is moving to a new location on the west side of Camarillo.