Agriculture

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Talking Plants

April 1, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Team led by Salk scientists provides a detailed picture of how plant hormones communicate through gene regulation LA JOLLAJust like humans and other animals, plants have hormones.
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Honey bees cluster on a frame at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Public Service Project Targeting Coronavirus Pandemic

March 31, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So many good-hearted people are trying to help others during the coronavirus pandemic. Take professional seamstress and aerobics instructor Teresa Hickman of Vacaville, Calif., who is devoting much of her time to sewing two-layer cotton face masks, now that her classes are on hiatus.
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Soil Hoarding Carbon

March 29, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Joint research conducted by The Nature Conservancy and the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences calculated the carbon-storing power of global soils and showcased approaches like agroforestry designed to capitalise on untapped potential.
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IPM Webinars with CEUs

March 27, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Online training courses and webinars available from UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program This spring if you are looking for options to obtain your continuing education units (CEUs) and not sure where to get them, why not check out the online options that the UC Statewide IPM Program (UC I...
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