Graduate student Ana Zepeda offers tips for disaster planners, culled from observing how women-organized-and-run community gardens in San Juan provided food security in the wake of a natural disaster.
Alessandro Ossola is part of a nationwide team of scientists studying trees in the Altadena and Palisades areas, trying to understand mortality, recovery and lessons for rebuilding after future wildfires.
Ph.D. student Anca Barcu has been recognized for leadership in promoting health and well-being among students, including awareness of resources, accessibility and inclusivity in her teaching, and more.
Lincoln Sabini was a second-year student in the UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, and also took courses in the Department of Plant Sciences. Those who knew him recount some memories.
Research from the lab of Dan Kliebenstein shows the fungus that causes grey mold "tastes” the difference between a strawberry and a tomato — reading the plant's own chemical defenses to counter them.
Mohsen Mesgaran will receive the 2026 Award of Excellence in Agricultural Research Innovation-Mid Career from AgInnovation-West for tools that advance early detection of high‑risk invasive species and pests.
Hosted by the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, this event included cultural demonstrations and panels that emphasized the web of connections among people, plants and the land.
Researchers in the Department of Plant Sciences found lab-based tissue culture leads to more somatic mutations. They suggest not leaving clones in culture for extended periods, and DNA review early in the process.
Cover crops provide a variety of benefits. Keeping living plants in the soil year-round improves soil structure and nutrients, stimulates soil organisms and provides homes and food for pollinators and helpful insects such as ladybugs.
Brad Hanson, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, is part of California's Broomrape Control Board, lending his expertise to control this deadly weed that threatens the processing tomato industry.
The Cammarisano Lab invites visitors to explore the future of indoor food production at this year’s Picnic Day exhibit. Then, take an example home! We have herb seedlings grown with controlled environment agriculture, or CEA
To celebrate Picnic Day, the Drakakaki Lab is giving away pistachio snacks and offering fun facts about the science of pistachios: how they are able to withstand salt and drought stress, exactly how that shell splits and more!
Scientists in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences are developing cultivars of pasta wheat that resist the deadly fungus that causes stripe rust and threatens the world's wheat production. Resistant bread wheat is up next.
Retired professor and agronomist Robert “Bob” LeRoy Travis, Jr., was a UCD alum who taught at UC Davis from 1976-2006 and enjoyed a wide variety of hobbies.
