Renowned for pioneering research that leads to exciting new crop varieties like the Luna avocado, the University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center (REC) in Irvine is also an ...

A devoted gardener would rather give or receive tools, plants, or a unique garden treasure than gold, diamonds or pearls. Monitor ground moisture, especially in beds and under eaves and patios. Store ...

Imagine a mountainous and remote rainforest along the ocean coast. Whisps of fog drift through the trees as cascades of colorful flowers sweep down from plants perched high on the tree limbs. This is ...

The very fact that avocados can be grown in hard to get to places means that the trees are also in areas that are subject to wildfire damage. Recently several hundred acres of avocado burned in the ...

Brent Hales is Associate Vice President of UC ANR. He is responsible for guiding all ANR academic programs at the statewide level and is chair of the ANR Program Council. Hales also serves as the ...

When you slide open the butterfly and moth drawers at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, the color, size and shape of the specimens fascinate you. And then you notice how they are stored--in ...

It promises to be an outstanding seminar. André Custodio Franco, assistant professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, will speak on "Deciphering the Soil Macrobiome: Belowground Communities Driving ...

On March 27th, 2024, a flatbed truck carrying a metal art structure originating in New York and headed to Petaluma, California was stopped at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) ...

Filipino-American History Month (FAHM) is a yearly event in October to commemorate the arrival of the first Filipinos in the continental United States at what is now Morro Bay, California on October ...

We found these extreme events, such as California's atmospheric rivers, are going to move nitrate more quickly.” In this study, different methods were used to measure how much nitrate, a component of ...

The team has consistently observed the technology's value in integrating with and enhancing traditional livestock production ...