Agriculture

John Henry Comstock would be proud. At each annual meeting, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) presents the prestigious John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award to six outstanding graduate students, one from each branch of the ESA.

DPR, Fresno State and UCCE create pesticide safety videos with Hmong farmers A series of videos describing California pesticide rules and safety in Hmong is now available to view for free online.

The UC Statewide IPM Program is hiring a Pesticide Safety Educator to coordinate with UC ANR advisors and specialists, government agencies, professional organizations, and others to plan, develop and deliver local pesticide safety educational programs for fieldworkers, pesticide handlers, pesticide...

New studies provide details about trellis type, planting density, cost and potential benefit of vineyard mechanization UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center has released four new studies detailing the costs and returns of wine grape production in the southern San Joaquin V...

Last summer, I transplanted a tomato variety trial into a field not far from Dos Palos, an area where annual crops such as cotton, corn, tomatoes, and melons have historically dominated the agricultural landscape.

If you're attending college and don't have a good advisor, then you haven't met Elvira Galvan Hack and Robert Kimsey.

It has been a struggle to get through the summer this year. Weird. Hot. Then fog in August. Hot. Then fog in October. It's supposed to be clear,, blue skies in October. perfect weather for avocado persea mite and citrus leaf miner. Hot times then cooler.

Six University of California Cooperative Extension advisor positions have been released for recruitment by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Elvira Galvan Hack, staff advisor for students in the Animal Biology (ABI) major, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and ABI master advisor Robert Kimsey, forensic entomologist and lecturer in the department, are drawing acolades for winning major advising awards from Region 9 of NACA...

Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is a project leader on two of the three grants recently awarded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) through programs Pesticide Consultation and Analysis (OPCA) and Proac...