Alessandro Ossola is studying trees in the Altadena and Palisades areas, trying to understand death, recovery and lessons for rebuilding after future wildfires.
Ph.D. student Anca Barcu has been recognized for leadership in promoting health and well-being among students, including awareness of resources and accessibility in her teaching.
Research from the lab of Dan Kliebenstein shows the fungus that causes grey mold "tastes” the difference between a strawberry and a tomato to tailor attacks on each plant's chemical defenses.
Mohsen Mesgaran will receive the 2026 Award of Excellence in Agricultural Research Innovation-Mid Career from AgInnovation-West for advancing early detection of high‑risk invasive species and pests.
Ph.D. candidate Matthew Davis and team in the lab of Grey Monroe found lab-based tissue culture leads to more somatic mutations and suggest ways to avoid this widespread problem in research settings.
Cover crops provide a variety of benefits. Keeping living plants in the soil year-round improves soil structure and nutrients, stimulates soil organisms and provides homes and food for pollinators and helpful insects such as ladybugs.
Brad Hanson, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, is part of California's Broomrape Control Board, lending his expertise to control this deadly weed that threatens the processing tomato industry.
