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Pershang Hosseini examines a specimen in her lab

Parasitic Weeds Threaten Tomato Plants on California Farms

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • September 26, 2023
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
ullseye Farms orchard manager Nick Edsall, left, with UC Davis Agricultural Water Center Director Isaya Kisekka. Kisekka is researching the ability of cover crops to increase soil moisture and groundwater recharge. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis) They stand in a row of green cover crops in an orchard full of young pistachio trees.

Growing Crops with Less Groundwater

  • by Amy Quinton
  • April 25, 2023
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
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Bringing Out the Best in Wild Birds on Farms

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • February 23, 2022
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  • Environment
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Researchers Pinpoint Which Bird Species Pose Food Safety Risk to Crops

  • by Emily Dooley
  • January 05, 2022
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Four researchers measure soil moisture content in an agricultural crop at UC Davis Agricultural Research Farm

UC Davis to Lead Groundwater and Irrigated Agriculture Sustainability Study

  • by Tiffany Dobbyn
  • October 18, 2021
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
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New Pima Cotton Cultivars Show Improved Resistance to Disease

  • by Tiffany Dobbyn
  • August 16, 2021
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
strawberries

UC Davis Releases 2 New Strawberry Varieties

  • by Diane Nelson
  • February 11, 2021
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
new walnut variety

UC Davis Releases New Walnut Variety

  • by Amy Quinton
  • January 21, 2021
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
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Low Food-Safety Risk at Northern California Farmers Markets

  • by Amy Quinton
  • November 16, 2020
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  • Food & Agriculture
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UC Davis to Lead New Artificial Intelligence Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems

  • by AJ Cheline
  • August 26, 2020
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
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tractor on field

Fertilizer Feast and Famine

  • by Amy Quinton
  • August 05, 2019
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture

UC Davis Releases 5 New Strawberry Varieties

  • by Diane Nelson
  • July 09, 2019
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
Postdoc Imtiyaz Khanday and Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan with cloned rice plants in a UC Davis green house, December 2018.

Rice Plants That Reproduce as Clones From Seed

  • by Andy Fell
  • December 12, 2018
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
orange on tree

Fresh Citrus at Risk From Devastating Disease

  • by Diane Nelson
  • December 11, 2017
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Food & Agriculture
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