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WebHealth; UC Davis researchers have partnered with a federally compliant pharmaceutical company to analyze the chemical and biological profiles of cannabis for the benefit of law enforcement, health care providers, and scientific professionals. A Cannabis and Hemp Research Center is also being established at UC Davis.

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Soil Health Practices Show Economic and Ecological Benefits

WebSoil-health indicators. Several key soil-health indicators improved over the years, including aggregation (or soil structure), porosity and water-holding capacity. Work at the Five Points site conducted by UC Merced professor Teamrat Ghezzehei and Ph.D. student Samuel Araya, has shown 20 percent higher water-holding capacity in the system with

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Survey: People Turned to Gardening for Stress Relief, Food Access

WebPeople who turned to gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic did so to relieve stress, connect with others and grow their own food in hopes of avoiding the virus, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the University of California, Davis, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) and international partners.

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Medicinal plants Department of Plant Sciences

WebJanuary 30, 2020. Medicinal plants. Professors Cameron Carter, School of Medicine, and Li Tian, Department of Plant Sciences, are co-directors of the Cannabis and Hemp Research Center at UC Davis. The center will guide and support cannabis- and hemp-related research across UC Davis.

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Health Department of Plant Sciences

WebResearch Assistantships Information; Guidelines for Departmental GSR Annual Progress Report and Final Report

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Cover crops don’t use much extra water, video explains

WebJeffrey Mitchell, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, is a specialist in soil health. Many farmers have been wary of planting cover crops, despite the proven benefits, because they worry the additional vegetation in their fields and orchards would suck up precious water. But a new video explains recent research showing that’s not

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Human & Animal Health Strawberry Breeding & Research Program

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Department of Plant Sciences

WebTransforming soil health into yield: toward an integrated root ideotype for irrigated agriculture. Roots and rhizosphere functions are instrumental to harness improvements in soil health. However, plant …

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Department of Plant Sciences

WebStakeholder concerns indicate that new production paradigms are needed to reduce soil disturbance and enhance soil biological function in this region. The CASI Workgroup is a partnered effort to address this need for information on alternative climate-smart production systems that increase soil health.

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Department of Plant Sciences

WebPlant and microbial indicators of soil health (funded by USDA-NIFA-AFRI) Current teaching: Microbiology and Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables; PLS 174 (winter quarter) Growth and Yield of Cultivated Plants; PLS 100B (winter quarter) Seminar in Plant Biology; PBI 292 (spring quarter)

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Department of Plant Sciences

WebAgricultural Plant Biology Biotechnology and Genomics Breeding and Genetics Human health and nutrition Pests, Pathogens, and Weeds. Content by Jorge Dubcovsky Dubcovsky recognized with Meyer medal for …

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Department of Plant Sciences

WebAgricultural Plant Biology Human health and nutrition. Content by Li Tian UC Davis Partners with DEA-Approved Company to Conduct Cannabis Research: Researchers will seek to better understand the science of cannabis August 13, 2019. Department of Plant Sciences: General Inquiries - 530-752-0516.

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Carrot Genome Paints Colorful Picture of Domestication

WebDomestication dates back to Central Asia. Wild carrot seeds have been found in 3,000-to-5,000-year-old archaeological sites in Germany and Switzerland. Cultivated carrots were first documented 1,100 years ago in Central Asia. Unlike wild carrots, which are white, those first domestic carrots were purple and yellow.

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UC Davis Partners with DEA-Approved Company to Conduct …

WebUC Davis researchers have partnered with a federally compliant pharmaceutical company to analyze the chemical and biological profiles of cannabis for the benefit of law enforcement, health care providers, and scientific professionals. A Cannabis and Hemp Research Center is also being established at UC Davis.

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Development of an Automated Delivery System to Treat HLB …

WebLouise Ferguson, a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis and with UC Cooperative Extension, is a Co-PI in a $3.4 million USDA NIFA-funded project, “Development of an automated delivery system for therapeutic materials to treat HLB-infected citrus.”. The four-year project is based at University of …

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Resilient Cropping Systems for a Sustainable Future – …

WebBy placing emphasis on soil health, Dr Gaudin’s approach takes into account a soil’s capacity to function as a vital living ecosystem. Indeed, increasing an agroecosystem’s diversity is a key strategy for coping and adapting to climate change. Greater diversity, especially the use of complex crop rotations over time (temporal …

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Strawberries: Nutritious, delicious and a big state crop

WebThe program is an important contributor to California’s strawberry industry: Strawberries rank No. 6 amid the state’s most valuable crops, with a market value of $2.7 billion in 2022, according to the state Department of Food and Agriculture. S trawberries ranked No. 3 for all fruit produced in the United States in 2020, with California

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Soil and soil science Department of Plant Sciences

WebJuly 26, 2023. Fertilizer. Soil and soil science. Doctoral student Valentina Roel is looking at ways to use food scraps and yard waste as alternatives to nitrogen fertilizer for crops. When processed, the leftovers and garden trimmings being diverted from state landfills might be effective substitutes, because they contain both nitrogen and

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[Does livestock grazing benefit organic crops

WebTo see if livestock grazing is beneficial in organic farming, or poses food safety risks, multistate research partners received a nearly $1 million grant from the USDA to study the impacts of livestock grazing cover crops on the bacterial population dynamics, soil building, and environmental health. Professor Amelie Gaudin, Plant Sciences, is part …

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Department of Plant Sciences

Webdevex. Researchgate. 205 Hunt Hall. UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, DAVIS CA 95616. Education. Ph.D., Banaras H University; Botany, 1973. M.S., Jiwaji University; Botany, 1971. Research interests and expertise: I am a soil microbiologist and agronomist with more than 35 years of experience on aspects of sustainable management of …

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Department of Plant Sciences

WebPatrick Brown receives prestigious Dennis R. Hoagland and Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lectureship awards May 20, 2021

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Recycled green waste offers alternative to fertilizer

WebRoel has started on a three-year experiment to try these fertilizer alternatives on triticale, sunflowers and grass hay. A mix of food and yard waste was turned into both liquid and solid forms of biofertilizers, then put on a field planted in November 2022. During the growing season, Roel measured crop yields and organic matter in the soil.

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