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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
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Green rice plants in paddy fields with palm trees in the background.

Rice Breeding Breakthrough to Feed Billions

  • by Andy Fell
  • January 10, 2023
  • Feeding a Growing Population
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grape field irrigation

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

  • by Amy Quinton
  • May 14, 2019
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
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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
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Photo of aerial roots of corn

Study Finds Indigenous Mexican Variety of Corn Captures the Nitrogen It Needs From the Air

  • by Amy Quinton
  • August 07, 2018
  • Food & Agriculture
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UC Davis Students Breed Beans for Organic Farming

  • by Diane Nelson
  • April 11, 2018
  • Feeding a Growing Population
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Tracking Down the Jumping Genes of Maize

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

Breeding Crops Today for an Uncertain Tomorrow

  • by Diane Nelson
  • March 09, 2017
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Diversity as Natural Pesticide

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • October 12, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment
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$2 Million Grant Funds Organic Farming Study of Manure and Food Safety

  • by Pat Bailey
  • October 03, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
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Maize

Maize Genetics May Show How Crops Adapt to Climate Change

  • by Ann Filmer
  • September 14, 2016
  • Food & Agriculture
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Students Breeding a Better Organic Popper Pepper

  • by Diane Nelson
  • September 09, 2016
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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
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Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, study finds

  • by Pat Bailey
  • December 21, 2015
  • Food & Agriculture
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Helping replenish California's groundwater

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • December 09, 2015
  • Food & Agriculture
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Historical picture from early 1900 of people harvesting hay

Seeds of Science

  • by Kathleen Holder
  • August 15, 2007
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