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Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, recipient of a Hellman Fellowship grant for her research on pollinator microbiomes, examines a California fucshia, Epilobium canum, outside Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Rachel Vannette Selected Hellman Fellow

October 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
DAVIS--Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is one of the 11 campus recipients of this year's Hellman Fellowship grants.
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The rapidity of water infiltration into the soil is a measure of soil health. Building soil health is one of the areas in which the UC ANR-CDFA partnership will help farmers implement climate-smart farming.
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CDFA and UC ANR join forces to advance climate-smart agriculture in California

October 24, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources vice president Glenda Humiston signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento Oct. 26 to initiate a new partnership to advance climate-smart agriculture in California. This partnership will provide $1.
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