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Maximizing Use of Water Stored in Soil Could Result in Savings for Farmers

By 
Amy Quinton
 May 14, 2019
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment
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
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
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Study Finds Indigenous Mexican Variety of Corn Captures the Nitrogen It Needs From the Air

By 
Amy Quinton
 August 7, 2018
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment
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UC Davis Students Breed Beans for Organic Farming

By 
Diane Nelson
 April 11, 2018
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
Scientist in maize field

Tracking Down the Jumping Genes of Maize

By 
Ann King Filmer
 August 23, 2017
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
Large tractor pulls frame-like equipment with cameras through tomato field.

Breeding Crops Today for an Uncertain Tomorrow

By 
Diane Nelson
 March 9, 2017
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
Japanese beetle on leaf

Diversity as Natural Pesticide

By 
Kat Kerlin
 October 12, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Science & Technology
Pile of cattle manure in front of field and barn

$2 Million Grant Funds Organic Farming Study of Manure and Food Safety

By 
Pat Bailey
 October 3, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
Maize

Maize Genetics May Show How Crops Adapt to Climate Change

By 
Ann Filmer
 September 14, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
Students in field with bell peppers

Students Breeding a Better Organic Popper Pepper

By 
Diane Nelson
 September 9, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Student Life
An African woman holds out a handful of brown shea nuts against a backdrop of tall trees, blue sky and white clouds.

Forgotten Crops May Hold Key to Nutritional Security

By 
Diane Nelson
 February 24, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
Bumblebee on a flower

Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, study finds

By 
Pat Bailey
 December 21, 2015
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment

Helping replenish California's groundwater

By 
Kat Kerlin
 December 9, 2015
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment
Historical picture from early 1900 of people harvesting hay

Seeds of Science

By 
Kathleen Holder
 August 15, 2007
  • University
  • Food & Agriculture

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