Plant Sciences | UC Davis

UC Davis Sheepmowers grazed the quad this first week of June. This was the first time the herd visited the quad, even though they’ve visited many other fields on campus and throughout the region. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

New Field of Ecological Medicine Emphasizes Health Benefits of Connectedness

by Andy Fell
November 25, 2025

Two men in yellow construction vests squat on a schoolyard playground

California Schools Are Losing Tree Canopy

by Emily C. Dooley
October 27, 2025

A playground with a play structure on mostly blacktop with one large tree providing some shade

How Improving Shade at California Public Schools Can Benefit Children and Communities

by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
September 05, 2025

woman in blue shirt and tan pants smiles while holding loaf of freshly baked bread pulled from large metal oven

Targeting Gluten: Researchers Delete Proteins in Wheat Harmful to People with Celiac Disease

by Emily C. Dooley
May 05, 2025

Forest researchers in orange jackets and white helmets wrap string around the remains of a burned tree in a landscape with charred trees and green shrubbery

Shrubs Can Help or Hinder a Forest’s Recovery After Wildfire

by Emily C. Dooley
December 16, 2024

Seeds on a head of rice against a background of vegetation.

Making High-yielding Rice Affordable and Sustainable

by Liana Wait
November 20, 2024

A lowseverity fire

Less Severe Forest Fires Can Reduce Intensity of Future Blazes

by Emily C. Dooley
August 19, 2024

A man in a blue lab coat and glasses works with a plant in a lab setting.

Plant Biologist Venkatesan Sundaresan Wins 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture

by Liana Wait
July 17, 2024

A tomato at the Student Farm

Researchers Examine How Early Harvest, Storage Affect Tomatoes

by Emily C. Dooley
June 28, 2024

Close up of a small white flower among green leaves against a neutral background.

Making Human Breast Milk Sugars in Plants

by Kara Manke
June 13, 2024

Ribwort plantain can be dormant for up to 177 years

Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat

by Emily C. Dooley
March 06, 2024

Car Fumes, Weeds Pose Double Whammy for Fire-Loving Native Plants

by Grace Fruto and Trina Kleist
February 15, 2024

close of cone and needles on whitebark pine tree

Scientists Sequence Genome for Threatened Whitebark Pine

by Teodora Rautu
December 13, 2023

In the foreground, a forest of pine trees seen from just above including many dead brown trees. In the background are snowcapped mountains against a blue sky.

Can This Forest Survive? Predicting Forest Death or Recovery After Drought

by Trina Kleist
August 29, 2023

branches of moringa

African CRISPR Course Wins $2 Million in Funding

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Trina Kleist
May 26, 2023

Egghead

Man in white hat and blue shirt crouches among green wheat plants in a field.

Second Revolution Ahead for Green Revolution Grains

by Trina Kleist
May 03, 2023

UC Davis professor Alessandro Ossola reaches into canopy of tree in urban garden

Alessandro Ossola Named Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Rsearch and UC Davis News and Media Relations
April 24, 2023

Singer Taylor Swift in sequined top holds arms out with black background

Taylor Swift Becomes a Phenotype Monitoring Machine

by Malia Reiss
April 10, 2023

California poppies at eye level in field

Superbloom or Superbust?

by Malia Reiss
April 05, 2023

What Can I Do About Climate Change?

aerial view of forest burn scar shot by drone

Monitoring Forest Threats with New Open Forest Observatory

by Trina Kleist
September 21, 2022

Rice fields between Davis and Sacramento

Growing Cereal Crops With Less Fertilizer

by Emily C. Dooley
August 05, 2022

Two hands hold soil with backdrop of straw

Coming Back to Soil

by Hayley Morris
May 03, 2022

Boston ivy vines grow over the surface of a building

Can Vines Speed Urban Cooling?

by Emily C. Dooley
April 21, 2022

Woman in firefighting yellow shirt and hard hat holds hand to forehead against glare of sun and smoky woods during prescribed burn

Little Fires: Landowners Learn to Burn

by Kat Kerlin with visuals by Tim McConville
April 19, 2022

A patch of white clover leaves on dirt with a single flower.

Global Study of White Clover Shows Urbanization Driving Evolution

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
March 17, 2022

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