Agriculture

Introduction Traditional winter cereal cover crops planted in the Salinas valley have many potential benefits including, scavenging nitrate in the soil profile, increasing organic matter in the soil, and protecting the soil from erosion during storm events.

From honey bees to butterflies to nematodes--those will be some of the topics when the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology hosts its fall quarter seminars. The seminars begin Monday afternoon, Sept. 30 and continue every Monday through Dec. 2.

F\ig Wax Scale has recently been detected in the environment in the San Diego County. This insect is commonly intercepted at ports of entry, especially on shipments of palms, but has not previously established a reproductive population in California to our knowledge.

2024 California Citrus Acreage Report The Pacific Regional Office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an acreage survey of California citrus growers as funding is available.

Hello everyone, I'm the new UC IPM Entomology Advisor serving the communities of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. Born and raised in the Santa Clarita Valley, I'm excited to return to my home state of California.

Avocado Sunblotch Viroid (ASBVd) Unlock the Secrets to Healthy Avocados: Learn about Avocado Sunblotch Viroid Presentations: Andrew Geering: Prevention, surveillance and control of avocado sunblotch in Australia Fatemeh Khodadadi: Understanding ASBVd: from discovery to diagnostic hurdles Peggy Mauk:...

Since the first reports of a new almond pest the carpophilus beetle (Carpophilus truncatus) came in during fall 2023, it has become clear that the beetle is widely dispersed across the San Joaquin Valley.

Avocado Caf September 12, 2024 8:00 10:00 AM PST Healthy soils for productive and resilient farms: the untapped potential under our feet Joint presentation by Dr. Amlie Gaudin Associate Professor and Endowed Chair in Agroecology Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis Dr.

Working as an irrigator seems straightforward at first: if you're not watering plants by hand, you're building and managing systems that can do the watering.

Working as an irrigator seems straightforward at first: if you're not watering plants by hand, you're building and managing systems that can do the watering.