UC Davis’ eighth annual Biodiversity Museum Day is happening on Saturday. It’s a free educational event, open to the public, and features the university’s natural-world museums and collections. Not only can you explore the collections, but you can talk with scientists and students about their work. The 13 collections that can be visited (with links…
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Florence Zakharov, associate professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, is the new director of the Postharvest Technology Center, succeeding Trevor Suslow, Cooperative Extension research specialist emeritus. In her director’s note in the center’s January newsletter, Zakharov said: “I have been involved with the center since joining the faculty of the Department of Plant Sciences…
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Intersections UC Davis has four new websites/blogs that address society’s major challenges and lead to innovative breakthroughs. The four blogs are: Science and Climate Feeding a Growing Population Advancing Global Health Driven by Curiosity News and articles will continue to be added to the four sites, and several articles already pertain to plant sciences, particularly…
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This fall the Agrilinks website held a young scholar blog contest to draw attention to the digital, first-hand stories of the next generation of global food security researchers. Plucked out of a sea of provoking narratives, blog posts penned by three students from the Horticulture Innovation Lab’s network were honored in the competition: Lauren Howe, a UC Davis student pursuing a master’s degree in…
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Cell division is a fundamental aspect of life. Without cell division, living organisms do not grow. The last step of cell division, also called cytokinesis, is uniquely different in plants from that in animals and fungi due to the presence of cell walls in plants. “In plant cells, unlike animal cells, there is an added…
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Inside the Sciences Lab Building, tucked next to the Biological Academic Success Center, is a door with a placard reading, “UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity” (aka Herbarium). Step inside and you’ll find undergraduates working at tables, curating and prepping dried plants for display and storage. Around 350,000 dried specimens are stored in the center,…
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Contributing to fill a critical need for trained plant breeders, the University of California, Davis, Plant Breeding AcademySM (PBA) started its seventh class of students this week with a session in Davis, California. Over the next two years this class will spend more than 300 hours in classes, workshops and the field, training to complete this premium professional…
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This workshop, held on the UC Davis campus, September 18-20, 2018 (Tues.–Thurs), provides an intensive and substantive overview of fresh-cut product physiology, production, hygienic facility and equipment design, wash water management, film and packaging design principles and practical selection, sensory evaluation, and distribution. Participants will gain working knowledge of established and new procedures through topic-related…
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Horticulture is facing a crisis. As older plant growers, nursery managers and groundskeepers retire, there are too few people to replace them. “There’s an age gap in commercial horticulture, a drastic and obvious lack of people under the age of 40,” said Cole Mangum, vice president of production at Bell Nursery in Burtonsville, Md. “Our…
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UC Davis Chancellor Gary May met with Plant Sciences Chair Gail Taylor and a number of faculty and researchers yesterday (July 31) to learn about the breadth and impact of the department, and what makes it the top-ranked Plant Sciences program globally. Meeting in the Plant Reproductive Biology Building on campus, faculty shared their representative…
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