Agriculture

UC Davis distinguished professor Frank Zalom, a noted integrated pest management (IPM) specialist and a past president of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), is a newly elected Honorary Member of the ESA, an honor bestowed for his long-term dedication and extraordinary contributions to the 7...

Fresno State agronomy students see no-tillage production up close and personal! October 11, 2021 Students in the agronomy class of Dr.

The Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, Davis, is in the news today, and what wonderful, exciting news! Jason Bond, UC Davis professor of entomology and the Evert and Marion Schlinger endowed chair in insect systematics is a newly selected co-editor-in-chief of t...

Jason Bond, professor of entomology and the Evert and Marion Schlinger endowed chair in insect systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Hojun Song, an associate professor of entomology at Texas A&M University, are the newly selected co-editors-in-chief of the journal Insect...

When Laura Snell first came to the far northeastern corner of California, she was amazed to find that the Board of Supervisors in Modoc County where cows outnumber people by a ratio of 13 to 1 was composed almost entirely of women.

Oh, how popular they are. If you've ever seen youngsters jumping up and down in pure delight--and pure enthusiasm--you've probably been to an event spotlighting the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology insect specimens. And now you can help.

Have bug, will travel? No. Make that Have insect specimens in portable glass-topped display boxes and will travel throughout Northern California to school classrooms, youth group meetings, festivals, events, museums, hospitals--and more--to help people learn about the exciting world of entomology.

Richard Smith is the University of California Cooperative Extension Monterey County Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor. He also covers Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. Weeds are an important host of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in the Salinas Valley.

If you're near the University of California, Davis campus on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 13, and concerned about the future of the food system and agroecology--sustainable farming that works with nature--you won't want to miss this lecture.

Internationally recognized scientist Hans Herren, president and CEO of the Millennium Institute, USA, and recipient of the 1995 World Food Prize, will deliver an in-person seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, Oct.