Agriculture

From the Rice Notes April 2022 newsletter Kassim Al-Khatib is the Melvin D. Androus Endowed Professor for Weed Science at UC Davis and a Cooperative Extension Weed Science Specialist. Herbicide resistance is a serious problem in California rice.

Walnut scale (Quadraspidiotus juglansregiae) is a common pest of walnut throughout California's Central Valley.

Two UC Cooperative Extension scientists have been selected as Presidential Chairs for Tree Nuts at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.

When it comes to livestock protection tools, there are no "silver bullets"....

Vetch (Vicia spp.) is growing like a weed everywhere this year, carpeting our hills with great swaths of purple flowers (see photo). What is Vetch? There are several species that are commonly grown as crops, cover crops or weeds (see below table).

May 2022 - Weed Science Webinar Series Shifting Focus to Mechanisms Beginning next week, the Weed Science Webinar Series, which is being hosted by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), will shift in focus from tactics of weed management to the...

Ms espacios verdes y oportunidades de agricultura urbana podran ser tiles en futuros desastres Las personas que recurrieron a la jardinera durante la pandemia de COVID-19 lo hicieron para aliviar el estrs, conectarse con otros y cultivar sus propios alimentos con la esperanza de evitar el virus, seg...

If a room could beam, Room 122 of Briggs Hall certainly beamed on Saturday, April 23 during the 108th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, showcased forest, medical and agricultural entomology.

In English Sembrar, cosechar y combatir el hambre en su barrio, actividades que ayudan a cientos de adolescentes a florecer. A Xavier, de quince aos de edad el coraje le brotaba a flor de piel. Nunca podr librarme de esto, expres el adolescente.

Scott McArt, an assistant professor in the Cornell University's Department of Entomology. will speak on "Pesticide Risk to Pollinators: What We Know and What We Need to Know Better" at the Wednesday, May 4 virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.