Scientists in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences are developing cultivars of pasta wheat that resist the deadly fungus that causes stripe rust and threatens the world's wheat production. Resistant bread wheat is up next.
Retired professor and agronomist Robert “Bob” LeRoy Travis, Jr., was a UCD alum who taught at UC Davis from 1976-2006 and enjoyed a wide variety of hobbies.
Xiaofei Zhang, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, has a federal grant to develop bread wheat that will grow short, but without the problems that come with short-stature wheat currently available.
Virtual fencing for cattle can lower costs for ranchers, improve the health of land and resilience to wildfire, plus benefit animals' health, according to researchers including rangeland expert Leslie Roche of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
Scientists can now study the genome of the bristlecone pine, nature's longest-living individual organism, thanks to research led by David Neale of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
Ava-Rose Beech, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Plant Sciences, has been selected for the Bridge Scholars program by CANVAS, a group of three soil and agronomy societies.
Wildflowers such as poppies and lupine mix strategies to survive drought: some risky and others conservative, both above-ground and below. Research from the lab of Jennifer Funk of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
Steve Fennimore and Kassim Al-Khatib received top honors at a recent meeting of the California Weed Science Society. Plus, three students, also from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, won awards.
Daniele Zaccaria is organizing the 2026 Advanced School on Microirrigation for Crop Production, which will be offered in California for the first time, from March 30 to April 3.
Students from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences presented and networked at the recent ASTA 65th Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference, supported by the private-public partnership Seed Central.
Arnold Bloom proposes a newly identified “Bloom cycle” within photorespiration, offering new insights for breeding crop plants that are productive, nutritious and resist pests amid warming temperatures.
The UC Davis SCOPE project prepares students for careers developing the food we'll eat in the future. It's funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an example of taxpayer dollars buying real-world benefits.
Salmonella somehow induces the production of a chemical hormone called auxin, which gives a kind of false “all-clear” signal that causes the poor plant to open its gates and let the squatter in.
A summer abroad program gives students a global perspective on how food systems, agricultural sustainability and communities are connected. Organized by Xiaofei Zhang, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
Venkatesan Sundaresan won a $4.9-million grant from the Gates Foundation to develop money-saving seeds for Indian farmers. He's a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
