Agriculture

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Field trials evaluated a prototype PAM applicator in sprinkler irrigated lettuce
Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

New approaches to using polyacrylamide (PAM) to reduce sediment and sediment bound pesticides and nutrients in runoff: Part I--an applicator for treating pressurized irrigation water

September 30, 2022
By Michael D Cahn
As the drought continues on the central coast, growers are trying to utilize water as efficiently as possible to produce their crops. Retaining and reusing sprinkler runoff, also referred to as tail water, can be an important strategy to increasing water conservation.
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Postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, a Ukrainian entomologist who studies flies, discusses insects with guests. On the screen is a Jerusalem cricket, also known as a potato bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Learning About Wasps and Other Insects

September 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came to learn about wasps--"The Weird and Wonderful Wasps"--at the recent open house hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. They learned about such wasps as the Asian giant hornet (aka "murder hornets"), pteromalids, and fig wasps.
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Brown marmoratted stinkbug
Topics in Subtropics: Article

A Different Way of Evaluating Invasion

September 30, 2022
By Ben A Faber
A lot of work has been put into monitoring the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Hemitpera: Pentatomidae). It has been a major problem in many areas of the country, as well as California.
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At the Bohart Museum of Entomology, Dr. Ismail Seker and his wife, Esin, stand in front of the Turkish flag and a card indicating how to say "insect" in the Turkish language. The Bohart Museum spotlights a global collection of flags, as well as how to say "insect" in many languages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

How Do You Say 'Insect' in the Turkish Language?

September 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
How do you say "insect" in the Turkish language? That's a question posed by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, on its wall display of global flags and languages. That was an easy question for Dr.
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La sección del estudio sobre mano de obra incluye información sobre el nuevo salario mínimo de California y leyes sobre el pago de horas extras.
Blog de Alimentos: Article

Expertos analizan costo y rendimiento en los cultivos de la fresa orgánica

September 28, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Piensa cultivar fresas orgnicas comercialmente en la Costa Central? Para ayudar a los agricultores a evaluar su viabilidad financiera, la Universidad de California calcul el costo de la produccin y cosecha de la fresa orgnica fresca en los condados de Santa Cruz, San Benito y Monterey.
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UC Davis estudiará si el agave puede ser un cultivo tolerante a la sequía y sustentable para California. Fotografía por Stephan Hinni on Unsplash
Noticias: Article

¿Será el agave un nuevo cultivo en California?

September 28, 2022
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
UC Davis estudiar la sustentabilidad del agave a la vez que la industria del tequila crece La agricultura en California enfrenta un futuro incierto ante la sequa, los incendios forestales, y otros cambios extremosos son de lo ms comn en el oeste.
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