Agriculture

A new, $5.25 million greenhouse is being built on the University of California, Davis, campus to safeguard an important grapevine collection from red blotch disease and other pathogens.

It was a honey of a ride. My inaugural Bug Squad blog on Aug. 6, 2008 dealt with a swarm of bees that "hitched" a ride on Aug. 1 from El Cerrito to UC Davis on a commuter van. "At 7 a.m., a group of UC Davis employees approached their commuter van in an El Cerrito parking lot.

Dr. Eric Carnes Mussen: May 12, 1944 -- June 3, 2022 Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=52399 Eric Mussen, 1976 Eric Mussen, 2019 Celebrated honey bee authority Dr.

Celebrated honey bee authority Dr. Eric Carnes Mussen, an internationally known 38-year California Cooperative Extension apiculturist and an invaluable member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, died Friday, June 3 from liver cancer. He was 78. Dr.

All good stuff for anyone growing trees - Pests or Pets? A big thank you to our Speakers Speaker & Topic: Rebecca Barboza, California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Speaking on Mountain Lion ecology, general facts, status in California, CDFW policies, and conflict prevention.

from CA Avocado Society/CA Avocado Commission/University of CA Cooperative Extension June 15 (9 - 11 AM) Seminar/Webinar Topic Dealing with Hot Times in the Avocado Orchard: What is done by others to mediate Heat.

I am frequently asked if I can recommend a book on Soils. And yes, I can. It is Soils: An Introduction by Michael Singer and Donald Munns. The sixth edition recently came out so there's a lot of older used copies floating around on the wed for under $10.

UC Davis professors Diane Ullman and Joanna Chiu of the Department of Entomology and Nematology and UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a former chair of the Department of Entomology, were among those honored at an awards ceremony host...

The bee and the butterfly. Or, Apis mellifera and Colias eurytheme. One's a beneficial insect. That would "bee" the honey bee. The other is a yellow and white butterfly, striking in appearance, but in its larval stage, it's a major pest of alfalfa.

The UC Statewide IPM Program provides online courses and webinars that reflect up-to-date pest management and pesticide safety information.