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Scudiero et al. used satellite imagery to model root-zone soil salinity in the western San Joaquin Valley. They found 30% of mapped farmland to be strongly or extremely saline. In the map section shown on the cover, soil salinity ranges from non-saline (dark green) to extremely saline (red). Image credit: USDA-ARS and University of California Riverside.
A honeybee, Apis mellifera, collects pollen from an almond flower at Sloughside Farms in Yolo County. The golden bulb on the bee’s hind leg is pollen packed into a specialized structure called a pollen basket, or corbicula. Photo by Will Suckow.
Drone-mounted cameras and sensors promise more and better data to guide the management of working landscapes and natural areas. Here, a DJI Inspire 1 drone flies over the UC Berkeley Blue Oak Ranch Reserve in Santa Clara County during a training for managers from across the UC natural reserve system. Photo by Evett Kilmartin.
Volume 71, Number 4
News and opinion
UC ANR is a network of change agents who care about the health and welfare of people, communities and natural resources.
A survey of UC ANR academics found opportunities for expanding the role of climate change in extension work.
Located in the Imperial Valley, this research station runs UC ANR's biggest agricultural outreach program and hosts the largest public carrot breeding program in the Americas.
Recent scientific articles from the Agricultural Experiment Station campuses.
Steven Worker is helping to improve out-of-school-time pedagogy.