Agriculture

A unique UC Davis symposium on "Saving a Bug's Life: Legal Solutions to Combat Insect Biodiversity Decline and the Sixth Mass Extinction" will bring together law and science to address insect biodiversity decline.

It may be fun to grow BIG fruit. But how do you sell it? A lot of fruit like avocado and dragon fruit is sold by the piece and others like apples and navel oranges are sold by the pound. How would this be sold? reproduced from: hawaiinewsnow.

What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? Join the online crowd February 19, 2020 Pesticide Resistance Management of Citrus Pests Dr.

From the UC Dry Bean blog on Jan. 30, 2020 With generous donations from seed companies and support from the California Dry Bean Advisory Board, we're working on two research projects in garbanzo beans this year.

If diversity is the spark of life, then the Bohart Museum of Entomology is fueling that spark into a full flame. The Bohart Museum, home of nearly eight million insect specimens collected worldwide, will be one of the 13 museums or collections open on Saturday, Feb.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is soliciting for applications for two programs: Healthy Soils Program (HSP) and Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP).

Given the nature of rangeland livestock production in California, some conflict with wildlife is probably inevitable. In our part of the Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley, grazing livestock and wildlife (including a number of predators) often occupy the same landscapes.

Citrus greening disease, or Huanglongbing (HLB), is deadly, incurable, and the most significant threat to the citrus industry. Most HLB research focuses on the tree canopy, but scientists in California studied the impact of HLB on root systems.

Diversity will reign supreme at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 15, when 13 museums or collections will be open to the public. The event, set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is free and family friendly.

Una nueva plaga invasiva que lleg a Pensilvania, hace cinco aos, y se ha extendido a lo largo de cuatro condados es una amenaza potencial para los hermosos viedos de California porque le encantan las uvas, as como una amplia variedad de frutas con semillas como manzanas, cerezas y plantas ornamental...