Arnold Bloom is featured in a series about aptly named Aggies. That’s because his name is an aptronym -- suited to his profession or personality. He is also a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
Jagdish Ladha’s new book outlines how improving nitrogen use efficiency can boost crop productivity, cut fertilizer costs and reduce environmental harm, combining global research insights with practical strategies for more sustainable farming.
By isolating vesicles in plant cells, researchers were able to detect polysaccharides within, which helps scientists finally understand how plant cell walls are constructed.
A multidisciplinary team from the University of California, Davis, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mars, Incorporated has found that an indigenous corn variety can “fix nitrogen” from the atmosphere, avoiding the need for synthetic fertilizers.
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, suggests that photorespiration wastes little energy and instead enhances nitrate assimilation, the process that converts nitrate absorbed from the soil into protein.
