Agriculture

Extensión Cooperativa del Condado de Monterey: Article

¡BIENVENIDOS!

February 8, 2019
By Maria E De La Fuente
Me da mucho gusto darles la bienvenida a esta manera nica de llegar a aquellos cuya primera lengua no es el Ingls y que prefieren recibir comunicados en Espaol.
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Ernesto Sandoval, collections manager for the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, checks out the cacao tree, aka "chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

If You Like Chocolate, Thank the Midges!

February 8, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you like chocolate, thank the midges. These tiny flies (about 1 to 3mm) pollinate the intricate flowers of the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao. From those seed pods, known as cocoa beans, come the chocolate that we crave. In fact, we Americans consume 2.
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On a global scale, pests and pathogens are significantly reducing yields of rice (shown), wheat, maize, soybeans and potatoes.
Food Blog: Article

Pests and pathogens place global burden on major food crops

February 8, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Farmers know they lose crops to pests and plant diseases, but scientists have found that on a global scale they are reducing crop yields for five major food crops by 10 percent to 40 percent, according to a report by a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientist and other members of the Internati...
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Postdoctoral fellow Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present a seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13 in Briggs Hall on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Photoperiodic Time Measurement in Drosophila melanogaster."
Bug Squad: Article

Antoine Brieux to Share PPTM Research on Fruit Fly

February 7, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is gearing up for a seminar next week on his research on the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, involving photoperiodic time measurement (PPTM).
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California's four seasons are fire, flood, mud and drought.
ANR News Blog: Article

California's four seasons are fire, flood, mud and drought

February 7, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
Farmers and ranchers are typically the first to feel droughts, a condition that seems to be impacting California on an increasing basis, reported Dustin Klemann on KSBY News on California's Central Coast.
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Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Sixty Second Science Snippet: February 2019

February 7, 2019
February is Pesticide Safety Education Month The second annual National Pesticide Safety Education Month gets underway February 1st, to 1) reinforce core principles of safe handling and use and 2) to raise awareness/support land-grant university Pesticide Safety Education Programs (PSEPs).
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Bohart associate/entomology student Wade Spencer shows Coco McFluffin to Bohart Museum visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

You Gotta Love Those Tarantulas!

February 6, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You gotta love those tarantulas at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis. If you don't love them, then at least you'll love their names.
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A tarantula at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bugs Rule But Other Critters Do, Too, on UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 5, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bugs rule, but other critters do, too, on UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day! You won't want to miss the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16. The free, family friendly event will feature 13 museums or collections.
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