Agriculture

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.

In Spanish Pink dolphins stopped hiding on the coasts of Hong Kong and Macau. In Mumbai, the city was invaded by flamingos in numbers never seen before.

Bolas Spiders - Little Gauchos with an Appetite for Moths When UC Santa Barbara's soccer team scores a goal, a chorus of Ol! Ol, ol, ol! Gauchos! Gauchos! may ring out across the stadium.

California water-rights holders are required by state law to measure and report the water they divert from surface streams.

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources will be recruiting 16 new UC Cooperative Extension Specialists over the next 12 months.