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Ferguson honored for service to Horticultural Society

  • by Trina Kleist
  • August 19, 2022

Louise Ferguson has been recognized by the American Society of Horticultural Science for her leadership and contributions. The professor of UC Cooperative Extension assumed the presidency during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she nurtured the organization through its first all-virtual annual conference, a subsequent hybrid conference and back to a fully in-person conference.

Almond photos (UC ANR)

UCCE Sutter-Yuba-Colusa Continuing Education Seminars: Sept-Oct 2020

  • by Lauri Brandeberry
  • September 02, 2020

University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba-Colusa is holding a series of webinars in September and October to provide research updates on some of the major crops in the Sacramento Valley. The classes are relevant to growers throughout California and are primarily focused on pest management and pesticide safety. 

Giulia Marino, UC Davis.

Giulia Marino: New Plant Sciences Faculty and Cooperative Extension Specialist

  • by Ann Filmer
  • June 22, 2020
Expert on tree physiology in orchard systems

Giulia Marino, a crop physiologist, is the new UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Specialist in Orchard Systems, and a faculty member in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). She is primarily based at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier, California, and has a second office in Wickson Hall at UC Davis.

Orchard trees

Research Suggests Water Stress May Benefit Walnut Trees (with video)

  • by Ann Filmer
  • April 07, 2020
Portable pressure chambers (“pressure bombs”) taken into orchards measure water pressure in tree leaves, to show how hard a tree works to pull moisture from the soil. This is used to determine when irrigation is actually needed by the trees. Ken Shackel and Bruce Lampinen note that this can benefit yields and orchard health.
Wood chips from recycled almond trees are spread across an orchard in California's Stanislaus County. (photo Brent Holtz, UCANR)

Almond Orchard Recycling a Climate-Smart Strategy

  • by Ann Filmer
  • April 01, 2020
Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop yields, making it a climate-smart practice for California’s irrigated almond orchards. Professor Amelie Gaudin, Plant Sciences, UC Davis, worked with postdocs, grad students, and Cooperative Extension colleagues.
Flowering branch of Kester showing dense flower and spur production. (courtesy Tom Gradziel/UC Davis).

Kester, a Productive Late Bloom Almond Variety from University of California, Davis

  • by Ann Filmer
  • November 21, 2019
Kester almond was developed at the University of California, Davis, Almond Breeding Program with support from the Almond Board of California. The program was developed to breed new varieties and germplasm to meet the emerging needs of the expanding California almond industry. Professor Tom Gradziel in Plant Sciences, has conducted much of the research.
Dave Ramos, walnut specialist, UC Davis

Dave Ramos, UC Davis – ‘Award of Distinction’ from College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

  • by Ann Filmer
  • October 22, 2019
Dave Ramos, retired walnut specialist at UC Davis Plant Sciences and UCANR received the “Outstanding Emeritus” award from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his research and outreach with UC and the walnut industry. He was a faculty member in the Department of Pomology, now part of the Department of Plant Science
Almond photos

UC Almond Short Course 2019

  • by Ann Filmer
  • October 18, 2019
This integrated almond orchard management short course features UC faculty, Cooperative Extension specialists and farm advisors, and researchers who will address all phases of almond production. November 5-7, 2019, in Visalia, California. Bruce Lampinen, Plant Sciences at UC Davis, is one of the program coordinators.
Louise Ferguson

Louise Ferguson Named President-Elect of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)

  • by Ann Filmer
  • July 30, 2019
Louise Ferguson, faculty member in Plant Sciences, UC Davis, and Cooperative Extension pomology specialist for California, is the new President-elect of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), a professional academic society. This appointment will be followed by a year as ASHS President and a year as Chairman of the ASHS Board of Directors.
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