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Get starts of slicer and cherry tomato varieties developed at the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 23, during the Picnic Day celebrations in the courtyard in front of the Plant and Environmental Sciences building.

The ‘Weed Doctor’ is in: Picnic Day includes tomato, strawberry give-aways

  • by Trina Kleist
  • April 21, 2022

Get free tomato and strawberry transplants and fresh popcorn, and have an expert identify your weeds, at the Department of Plant Sciences during UC Davis’ Picnic Day celebration, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Come to the courtyard on the courtyard side of the department’s main building. It’s a block west of the Memorial Union, on North Quad between Howard Way and California Avenue.

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. 

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.
Hemp in breeding plots at UC Davis in late August 2019. (Charlie Brummer/UC Davis)

University of California Hemp Research Already Yielding Results

  • by Ann Filmer
  • October 31, 2019
For the first time, plant scientists at UC Davis and UC ANR harvested an industrial hemp crop at UC locations. Working on the project are Professor Charlie Brummer, and Cooperative Extension Specialists Bob Hutmacher and Dan Putnam – all three are faculty in the Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis.
Cheang Sophat, left, and wife Hem Champa, far right, were able to send their second child to college after earning more money from vegetables grown in a nethouse. The couple is confident they will be able to send their third child, 14-year-old Phat Daroth, second from right, to college as well. (Max Fannin for UC Davis)

Agricultural Innovations Help Cambodian Farmers Thrive

  • by Ann Filmer
  • October 08, 2019
Small-scale farmers in Cambodia work with UC Davis’ Horticulture Innovation Lab and Royal University of Agriculture researchers to test methods for growing and selling produce. Farmers recognize that fruits and vegetables meet nutrition needs, and help lift themselves out of poverty. (Includes video)
A severe infestation of yellow starthistle in Calaveras County.

Release of Weevil for Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle

  • by Ann Filmer
  • September 25, 2019
The USDA will allow the release of a weevil (Ceratapion basicorne) in the United States to help control yellow starthistle, an invasive weed found in 40 of the lower 48 states. The weevils will initially be released in California. Brad Hanson, weed specialist in Plant Sciences, addresses management of yellow starthistle.
Steve Fennimore, Cooperative Extension specialist with the University of California, Davis, says automatic weeders like the Robovator shown here will help ease the shortage of skilled employees needed for hand weeding. (photo Steve Fennimore/UC Davis)

Automated Weeders are Attracting More Interest: Steve Fennimore Explains

  • by Ann Filmer
  • September 20, 2019
Three factors drive automation in vegetable crops: Employee shortages, availability of technology, and fewer new herbicides. Weed specialist Steve Fennimore, Plant Sciences, UC Davis and UC ANR, explains the importance of mechanization and robotic weeders, due, in part, to labor shortages and fewer herbicides.
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