15+ hour, 6+ min ago  (97+ words) by Rob Wilson, IREC Agronomy and Pest Management Advisor Figure 1. The first sign of armyworm damage is chewed leaves. "Many IREC fields are starting to show significant defoliation. "Defoliation of the flag leaf and stems during grain development reduces grain…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (259+ words) The second stop was the UC ANR South Coast Research and Extension Center (REC), where attendees enjoyed a wagon tour, visited the Teaching Garden, learned rapid composting techniques from UC Master Gardeners, and explored university research on water-wise landscaping and…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (183+ words) "Robbing the nectar" or "nectar robbing" occurs when a bee, such as a carpenter bee, circumvents the usual plant-pollinator relationship and "cheats" by drilling a hole in the corolla tube to "steal" the nectar, "thus avoiding pollination or contact with…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (727+ words) Have you ever harvested a tomato with a crack in the skin, found a few aphids on your kale, had a few holes in your cabbage leaves or dug up a crooked carrot and wondered what went wrong?" If so,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (366+ words) It was the Ventura County 4-H program that led the late Stephen "Steve" Clement to study entomology and to enroll at UC Davis. Clement, an internationally recognized entomologist, UC Davis triple-alumnus, "Vietnam War hero, and a 30-year USDA-ARS research entomologist…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (246+ words) Ron Strochlic retires from the Nutrition Policy Institute UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Ron Strochlic retires from the Nutrition Policy Institute Nutrition Policy Institute researcher Ron Strochlic will retire from the University of California on July 1, 2026. Strochlic began his UC…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1600+ words) One of the crowning achievements of Larry Bettiga's nearly half-century academic career can be found " creased, cut up and dog-eared " in the trucks of grape growers all across California. Bettiga, the University of California Cooperative Extension viticulture advisor for Monterey,…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (355+ words) It's nearing the end of National Pollinator Week, June 22-28. More than 80 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators, which are animals that transfer pollen between flowers, facilitating plant reproduction." When most people think of pollinators, they think of bees…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (154+ words) Have you ever thought about creating your own native habitat garden? Have you heard the term, native habitat garden, and wondered what exactly it was and how you could create one? If so, you have come to the right place!...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1773+ words) Emotion showed on the face of the farmer as she walked across the rec yard of California State Prison Solano. As Sarah Weil talked with incarcerated residents of the facility in Vacaville, many of them shook her hand and thanked…...