Agriculture

The federal government is awarding $6.2 million to University of California, Davis, to study how to use breeding and genetic information to protect strawberry crops from future diseases and pests.

Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.

Newly published work by an international team of researchers, including lead author UC Davis nematologist Shahid Siddique, may result in new targets for the future development of nematode-resistant crops. The open-access journal Nature Communications, published the peer-reviewed research Oct. 19.

Scientists use samba wasps to manage the invasive spotted-wing drosophila, a key pest of small andstone fruit worldwide By Vaughn Walton https://www.ishs.org/system/files/chronica-documents/ch6203.

San Diego County used to be home to nearly 25,000 acres of avocado trees but today there are about 14,000. The drastic decrease is largely due to rising costs associated with avocado production, namely the cost of water.

Clara Stuligross is passionate about wild bees, and you should be, too. Stuligross, who received her doctorate in ecology on Sept.

This year, nitrogen is expensive and wheat is worth a lot of money. Now is a good time to optimize your N fertilizer management strategies.

Orange County, CA was once the largest growing area of loquat in the United States, but was grown commercially throughout coastal California. And people bought and ate loquat. Pretty much, loquat grows wherever citrus grows. There are many varieties that have been selected over the years.

'Tis "Friday Fly Day" (also known as #Fridayflyday in the Twitter world), and it's almost Halloween.

Despite widespread insect declines, plants are experiencing unprecedented levels of insect damage in comparison to their fossilized counterparts, according to newly published research by a trio of scientists, including UC Davis entomologist Emily Meineke.