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New video features Oki’s research

  • by Trina Kleist
  • January 19, 2023

The nonprofit organization Pacific Horticulture has released a new video describing research to develop irrigation recommendations for landscape plants, the science behind the process, and early ideas for mindful gardeners and landscapers. It features UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences horticulturalist Lorence Oki, the lead investigator on the project.

California rangeland

Working Rangelands Wednesdays: Ken Tate, June 3

  • by Ann Filmer
  • May 29, 2020
Ken Tate, UC Davis and UC ANR, will address “Water Quality on Pastures and Rangelands” at the Working Rangelands Wednesdays webinar on June 3, 2020. The new series of biweekly webinars focuses on working rangelands in California and the West. Webinars are recorded and offered as podcasts.
Nitrogen testing supplies

Resources for Small Grain Management: UC Small Grains Blog

  • by Ann Filmer
  • May 20, 2020
The annual small grain field day and other field-based activities were cancelled due to COVID-10, so Mark Lundy and colleagues are sharing digital resources related to nitrogen fertilizer management in small grains, small grain variety evaluation, and leaf and canopy meters to measure the N status of crops. Also posted are virtual field tours of small grain variety evaluation plots.
Rows of organic crops in field.

Soil Health in Organic Farming: Podcast

  • by Ann Filmer
  • May 07, 2020
One challenge in organic crops is trying to reduce soil disturbance as much as possible. Jeff Mitchell, a faculty member in Plant Sciences, is a vegetable crops specialist with UC Cooperative Extension. He works with organic farmers throughout California to research practices that may help them improve their soil health.
Chris Durand, CA&ES lead greenhouse manager, waters strawberry plants that will be donated after Picnic Day was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Picnic Day Plants Find New Homes in the Community

  • by Ann Filmer
  • April 28, 2020
Over 6,000 tomato and strawberry plants, destined as a Picnic Day give-away, are finding new homes following cancellation of Picnic Day, due to COVID-19. Saarah Kuzay, a Ph.D. student in Plant Sciences, is working with other students to find food banks, community gardens, and campus students for plant distribution. Plant give-aways from Plant Sciences are a popular feature each year at UC Davis Picnic Day.
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Ninth Annual UC Davis Plant Science Symposium, May 6, 2020

  • by Ann Filmer
  • April 22, 2020
The 2020 Plant Science Symposium at UC Davis will be held on May 6, and will be online through Zoom. This student-run symposium is built to stimulate discussions about the future of agriculture. It includes speakers and attendees from both academia and industry, and the public and private sectors. Hosted by the Plant Breeding Center and the Department of Plant Sciences.
Students in a UC Davis fire ecology class walk along a burned ridge top of Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve in 2016. (photo Alexandra Weill, UC Davis)

Wildfire Perceptions Largely Positive After Hiking in a Burned Landscape

  • by Ann Filmer
  • March 26, 2020
When hikers returned to UC Davis Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve in 2016, a year after the Wragg wildfire, many expected to see a devastated landscape. They did, but many were also energized about the new changes they saw. Allie Weill, then a graduate student with Professor Andrew Latimer, Plant Sciences, published a paper on this.
Cattle grazing

Cattle Ranchers Cope with Dry Pastures (Video)

  • by Ann Filmer
  • March 19, 2020
This winter’s lack of rain, up until mid-March, did not produce much forage for cattle, or carryover vegetation. Leslie Roche, Department of Plant Sciences, covers rangelands and pasturelands, and says this has been commonplace this winter. Many grasses are producing seeds earlier, leading to less vegetative growth.
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