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Nematode-resistant wheat can protect tomatoes
May 20, 2013
Nematode-resistant wheat can protect tomatoes May 20, 2013
Nematode-resistant wheat can be a trap crop to reduce parasitic root-knot nematode numbers that damage the next rotation crop.
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Don't lose the organism over its genes
May 20, 2013
Don't lose the organism over its genes May 20, 2013
Physiology and behavior variations in complex organisms are due to more than genetic variations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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