Reposted from UC Davis News As climate change transforms California's landscape in the years to come, coastal habitats appear to be more resilient than many other places in the state.
By Mark E Lundy, Robert G Wilson, Darrin A Culp, Sarah E Light, Steven D Wright, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Brian H Marsh
The UC Grain Cropping Systems Lab and a cooperating network of UC Cooperative Extension agronomists established fall-planted small grain variety trials across the state of California from October to December 2017.
A rigorous field study in two California climate zones has found that alfalfa can tolerate very heavy winter flooding for groundwater recharge. The research was published online Jan. 16 in California Agriculture journal.
Countywide projects We have several county wide projects this year. One is called Valley Roots. We are partnering with a group from UC Merced who have written a play about farm families in the valley. They are looking for 4-H members to Act in the play.
Most people avoid a hornet's nest. Not environmental artist Ann Savageau; the retired UC Davis Department of Design professor creates art from hornet nest paper. "I began using hornet nest paper back in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Talk about UC Davis connections! When UC Davis emeriti professors of entomology Peter Cranston and Penny Gullan of Canberra, Australia, attended the International Conference on Natural Resources in the Tropics in late November in Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) at Sibu and Kapit on the Rajang River, they...
Ever ask someone where they live and they respond "I live in the sticks"? They're referring to a rural area, usually forested or farmed. Next week UC Davis alumnus Matan Shelomi will introduce you to his "sticks": the stick and leaf insects from the order Phasmatodea that he studies.
Foxtail (Hordeum murinum) is a pest plant that can dominate pastures on the Central Coast. It's not particularly good forage for livestock and the seed heads often get stuck in eyes, ears, and noses of livestock and pets.