Agriculture

February 1, 2025 A detailed timeline of advances in tillage management in California has been prepared by a large group of CASI partners for possible publication in an upcoming article about the history of conservation agriculture in the state.

You won't want to miss the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Nematologist Christopher Pagan, who received his doctorate in the fall of 2024 from UC Davis, will deliver his exit seminar on "Soil Nematode Community Analysis: Insights from 28S Metabarcoding" at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Feb.

Dejar atrs su amado Mxico fue una de las decisiones ms difciles que Lupita Quintero tuvo que tomar al mudarse a Watsonville, California. La nostalgia por su tierra natal la acompa durante aos, como un hilo invisible que la conectaba con sus races.

January 23, 2025 Cary Crum, longstanding CASI Workgroup member and consulting agronomist with Agritechnovation, out of Clovis, CA, recently spoke about his observations on increases in cover crop seed sales and acreage in the San Joaquin Valley. The recording is available below.

Checking in at bee hotels: trap-nesting occupancy and fitness of cavity-nesting bees in an urbanised biodiversity hotspot Kit S. Prendergast The design of bee hotels is critical - untreated wood, holes a range of diameters (I suggest 3-10 mm), lengths min 10 cm.

What are the odds? You're participating in a monarch-counting expedition, you photograph an image of a bumble bee with your cell phone, and you win a regional bumble bee contest, a contest you didn't know about at the time.

Cientficos de Extensin Cooperativa de UC y colaboradores ya se enfrentaron al escarabajo invasivo en el sur de California A finales del 2023, un escarabajo potencialmente devastador fue detectado por primera vez en el rea de la Baha de San Francisco.

A recent Florida TaxWatch report detailed the reasons for the decline of the Florida citrus industry. The report also described frustrations with efforts to combat citrus greening and suggested solutions for the industry's decline.