Agriculture

Postdoctoral researchers Amber Crowley-Gall and Marshall McMunn of the Rachel Vannette lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, have each received a two-year, $165,000 postdoctoral fellowship from the U.S.

By Kate Armstrong in University Kate Armstrong is a communication major working as a fellow in the UC Davis Office of Strategic Communications. Spring Quarter Snapshot Rice Research Continues While much of the world has stopped, the plants keep on growing.

Note: A version of this article originally appeared in the July 2020 edition of my New Foothill Rancher newsletter.

The UCCE Rice Team will be starting a survey of weedy rice across the rice-growing counties in the next week. We are surveying fields that are known to have weedy rice infestations (from reports from the past 3 years).

The road to success is paved with soil microbial communities. And education, curiosity, determination, and collaboration.

In English Un nuevo reporte explora los efectos a largo plazo del COVID-19 en las industrias ganadera, de frutas y verduras, fresas, tomates, nueces y vino del estado. El COVID-19 contina afectando partes de la agricultura de California en diferentes formas.

From the Small and Organic Farm Advisor Blog ************** The Heat is On: Soil Solarization The days are long and the temperatures are high. This is a great time to solarize the soil in the Central Valley as a way to manage annual weeds and improve the growth of fall crops.

Avocado Varieties and Rootstocks CAS/UCCE/CAC Webinar June 10, 2020 These are Answers to Questions from Chat and Q&A from this webinar provided by: Mary Lu Arpaia, Herve Avenot, Ben Faber, Eric Focht, Rodrigo Iturrieta, Petr Kosina, Patricia Manosalva, Themis Michailides 1.

Mary Lu Arpaia: They are available on line to download free at https://usdawatercolors.nal.usda.gov/pom/about.xhtml. This takes you to the general page and then you can search for avocado.

Last week, UCR issued a news release entitled UCR Discovers First Effective Treatment for Citrus-destroying Disease, which shares the news of a licensing agreement being reached with Invaio Sciences.