Doctoral students Danyelle Forte and Jonathan Berlingeri have been named fellows to the UC Davis Professors for the Future program, a year-long journey that prepares outstanding candidates for careers in academia and other fields.
Fourth-year doctoral student Brooke Wainwright has received the Neal Van Alfen and James MacDonald Graduate Student Award. The award recognizes outstanding academic performance, service and leadership, and comes with a $7,500 grant.
Wainwright is a plant ecologist in the lab of Jennifer Funk, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. The Van Alfen-MacDonald award is given by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Graduate student Amrit Pokhrel has secured a place in the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellows program. He is one of 30 students across the United States and Canada this year to become an FFAR fellow.
FFAR’s Rockey Fellowship program is an opportunity for up-and-coming food and agricultural scientists to develop leadership and professional skills. Students will also receive two mentors from the foundation, which is a non-profit, public-private partnership established by the U.S. Congress.
Graduate student Ava-Rose Beech co-led her undergraduate team through the trenches of a national soil judging conference in a first for the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. The team tied for fifth place in the group soils judging category, and highlights the intersection of plant and soil sciences.
Zhenglin Zhang, a Ph.D. student who studied with the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, has received the Kinsella Memorial Prize for writing a dissertation that is original, of high quality and multidisciplinary.
Xiaofei Zhang, the new director of the UC Davis Small Grains Breeding Program, outlines the program's priorities, including dual-purpose wheat that farmers can harvest for different uses, depending on water availability and market forces.
A recent discovery getting attention in scientific circles points toward a new pathway for growing larger grains, beans and other edible seeds. In addition, the research -- which is getting a boost from Kent Bradford in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences – shows the impact of the department’s international collaborations.
A new variety of wheat without some of the glutens that cause allergic reactions, such as celiac disease, has been developed by scientists in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
The first in a new series of videos has been posted to help educate the coming generation of workers and managers in California's vegetable industry. The project is led by Jeff Mitchell, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
Meetings begin in Sacramento this week on how farmers and conservationists can work together to protect critters that use the state's rice fields. Bruce Linquist, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, represented the needs of farmers in the report being discussed.
Dr. Donald J. Durzan was chair of the former UC Davis Department of Pomology from 1981 to 1985. He is remembered for groundbreaking research in conifer biochemistry and his contributions to the forestry industry, as well as to advances in fruit and nut crops.
First-of-its-kind research on the impact of California's resurgent population of protected gray wolves shows rising predation and costs to cattle ranchers. It underscores the need to move “toward some kind of coexistence,” rangelands specialist Ken Tate says.
Walnut trees don't need water early in the season. UC Davis scientists are field-testing a new method that lets the trees tell farmers when to start irrigation, saving time, money and a precious resource.
Geneticist and Professor Emeritus Carlos F. Quirós Raffo died Feb. 3 of lung cancer. A celebration of life will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in Chula Vista, Calif. He is remembered as a devoted husband, father and friend.
The Horticulture Innovation Lab will end operations in April 2025. Scientists boosted fruit and vegetable sectors in Africa, Asia and Central America, training thousands of farmers and researchers. Innovations including storage and crop varieties improved food security and family incomes.
