Agriculture

Transgenic Citrus Studies Progressing Spray pesticides? Inject antibiotics? CUPS? Or? The search for solutions to HLB has gone on for nearly two decades.

Overview Three years of data indicate that liquid-injected biosolids-based fertilizers (LBF, using 'Lystegro' from Lystek) are a viable alternative to conventional forms of nitrogen (N) fertilizer on a total N basis in wheat rotations in the southern Sacramento Valley.

What exactly happened when two predators and their prey--a praying mantis, a green darner dragonfly, a queen bee and a monarch butterfly--recently entered the Bohart Museum of Entomology with assorted entomologists? They all socialized and enjoyed a buffet dinner, followed by a cake.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a web application to help farmers and industry workers use drones and other uncrewed aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to generate the best possible data.

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Kaleia who is also this year's 4-H club president for Barry in Sutter County. The following are Kaleia's responses to my questions.

Want to talk to a scientist about monarch butterflies? Then you'll want to attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Scientists will be there to answer your questions.

In the coastal areas where spotted wilt is a serious problem ...

The filming of varroa mites in KQED's newly released Deep Look video, Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged Nightmare, occurred in the UC Davis bee laboratory of scientist Elina Lastro Nio, associate professor of Cooperative Extension-Apiculture, and a member of UC Davis Department of Entomology an...

In the fields around the Egyptian city of Minya Al-Qamh, port of wheat in Arabic, a boy rubbed his eyes wearily as he helped his father irrigate their crops at 2 a.m. when they could access the scarce water that reached their farm, located at the tail end of the canal.

UC study predicts three major pests to emerge earlier, produce more generations As a result of climate change, the Golden State's farms are expected to face a surge in agricultural pests, which poses a threat to California's specialty crops industry.