As a fourth-year undergrad, Jackeline Limon designed and led a project to dig up soil and measure tiny bits of plastic pollution in community parks and gardens in Yolo County. Her work – plus the financial award that made it possible and the events where she presented her findings – show the career-developing resources available to students in the Department of Plant Sciences.
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.
