December

Reducing roadkill on freeways: Researchers are hoping a project that includes capturing and tracking deer will reduce roadkill on Interstate 280, outside San Francisco.
Tiny protein helps bacteria ‘talk' and triggers defensive response in plants: Scientists have discovered a new signal that helps invading bacteria communicate, a finding that could lead to new methods of combating infection not just in plants, but in humans.
Wine grapevines and native plants make a fine blend, study shows: Grapevines and native plants are a fine blend for the environment, suggests a team of researchers led by a plant ecologist at the University of California, Davis.
UC Davis to lead $14 million effort to boost Afghanistan’s agricultural extension: UC Davis has received $14 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a consortium of universities that will help Afghanistan strengthen its agricultural extension system and stabilize its agriculture-based economy.

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Recent Web News: Leopold Conservation Award winner shares honor with agricultural industry May 17, 2013
Leopold Conservation Award winner shares honor with agricultural industry May 17, 2013
Fourth-generation dairyman lauded for his practices that support agricultural sustainability.; Postharvest Technology Short Course provides excellent overview May 17, 2013
Postharvest Technology Short Course provides excellent overview May 17, 2013
People who work on fresh produce quality, safety and marketability will find answers to the complicated questions they face during the 35th annual Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops Short Course at UC Davis June 17–28.; UC Davis Agribusiness Executives Symposium to be Held in Shanghai May 14, 2013
UC Davis Agribusiness Executives Symposium to be Held in Shanghai May 14, 2013
Senior agribusiness executives from China will gather in June in Shanghai for an innovative business leaders' symposium coordinated by UC Davis.; Impacts of climate instability on Southwest May 08, 2013
Impacts of climate instability on Southwest May 08, 2013
In an era of climate instability, the southwestern U.S. faces many environmental and agricultural challenges, which are addressed in a new book.; Kinsella Prize winner helps uncover secrets of human breast milk May 08, 2013
Kinsella Prize winner helps uncover secrets of human breast milk May 08, 2013
David Dallas, who recently completed his Ph.D. in nutritional biology, has been awarded the John E. Kinsella Memorial Prize for his outstanding research on human breast milk protein digestion.; Improving stream habitats in California’s Scott River May 08, 2013
Improving stream habitats in California’s Scott River May 08, 2013
A UC Davis team is developing a groundwater management tool for better streamflow conditions for salmon and steelhead in northern California's Scott River Valley.; Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 03, 2013
Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 03, 2013
Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.; Important source of greenhouse gas emissions from farmland underestimated May 03, 2013
Important source of greenhouse gas emissions from farmland underestimated May 03, 2013
Changes in agricultural practices could reduce soil emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide and the atmospheric pollutant nitric oxide, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California, Davis.; Gene discovery may yield lettuce that will sprout in hot weather May 03, 2013
Gene discovery may yield lettuce that will sprout in hot weather May 03, 2013
A team of researchers, led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist, has identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather — a discovery that could lead to lettuces that can sprout year-round, even at high temperatures.; Olive oil ‘fridge test’ doesn’t reliably detect fraud March 21, 2013
Olive oil ‘fridge test’ doesn’t reliably detect fraud March 21, 2013
Can you determine the purity of your extra virgin olive oil by whether solidifies in the fridge? No, according to new research from the UC Davis Olive Center.; Spotlight Archive »More… More news »