Agriculture

"Eat your greens," they say. Okay, we don't need any encouragement, but apparently many other folks need a push, a poke or a prod to eat cole crops, including cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, mustard, kale and kohlrabi. Well, cabbage aphids need no encouragement.

Anyone who visits the Black Urban Farmers Association (BUFA) garden can feel the love and joy for growing produce as well as the inspiration and contribution these gardeners have for the Black farmers that came before them.

Citrus greening, also called Huanglongbing (HLB), is devastating the citrus industry. Florida alone has experienced a 50 to 75 percent reduction in citrus production. There are no resistant varieties of citrus available and limited disease control measures.

While you're sheltering in place due to the coronavirus pandemic precautions, not too many people are aware of a new faculty member in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, recently arrived from Harvard.

If you've ever played the childhood game of hide and seek, in which you try to conceal yourself from others, you know the outcome.

As for most of you, I imagine, my world seems upside down at the moment, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. As I write this, my youngest daughter is finishing her junior year of high school through online courses.

The legendary Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor who holds a joint appointment with the Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center--is featured in the current edition of American Entomologist.

Al igual que el resto de los californianos, me encuentro trabajando desde casa y confinado al espacio de mi hogar. Son medidas preventivas en donde solos se nos permite salir para adquirir cosas esenciales, tales como alimentos o provisiones para consumir y cocinar en casa.

From the UC Rice Blog (March 23, 2020) Weeds are important pests of California rice systems, and weed management can account for roughly 17 percent of total operating costs, according to a UC cost of production study.

Meet new faculty member Emily Meineke, who joined the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology as an assistant professor of urban landscape entomology on March 1. She studies how climate change and urban development affect insects, plants, and how they interact with one another.