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Can AI Be Too Good to Use?

by Andy Fell
December 12, 2023

Johnsongrass found using Google Street View

Google Weed View? Professor Trains Computer to Spot Invasive Weed

by Emily C. Dooley
December 07, 2023

A grid of colored white, reddish and brown spots against a brown background.

Using Yeast to Convert Almond Hulls to Animal Feed

by Andy Fell
November 30, 2023

A man with short brown hair and a short beard examines an ear of corn surrounded by corn stalks.

A Mixed Origin Made Maize Successful

by Andy Fell
November 30, 2023

A grey/brown insect in the middle of bright green leaves.

Citrus Greening Bacteria Affects Pest's Sense of Smell

by Andy Fell
November 14, 2023

Three men in dark suits looking at gadgets on a table.

AI Institute for Food Systems Showcases Projects in DC

by Andy Fell
October 31, 2023

At right, a quadcopter drone hovers over orchard trees. On the left across a dirt road a man in a red shirt operates the drone.

Researchers Create App to Help Drones Improve Farm Efficiency

by Jessica Heath
October 26, 2023

An Asian man with black hair wearing a white lab coat, gloves and safety glasses stands in front of a laboratory bench.

UC Davis, Mars Researchers Discover Scalable Production Technique for Low-Calorie Sugar Substitute

by Andy Fell
October 24, 2023

An open plastic bag of crushed grey rock called metabasalt. Researchers have found adding it to farmland can suck carbon out of the air.

Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air

by Amy Quinton
October 24, 2023

Pershang Hosseini examines a specimen in her lab

Parasitic Weeds Threaten Tomato Plants on California Farms

by Emily C. Dooley
September 26, 2023

Improving Layer Hen Welfare with Better Bone Health

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and UC Davis News and Media Relations
August 31, 2023

A Halsey Bottling employee holds up a wine bottle and points to it while explaining a point to two smiling students in safety goggles.

Winemaking 101

by Tatiana Muñiz
July 25, 2023

Dark red wine grapes shown growing at the vineyard near the Robert Mondavi Institute of Food and Wine at UC Davis. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Study Reveals Potential Breakthrough in Grapevine Disease Resistance

by Ethan Perez
June 15, 2023

Rice stalks filled with grain

Genome Editing Used to Create Disease Resistant Rice

by Emily Dooley
June 15, 2023

Two mean in front of race plants inside a greenhouse.

UC Davis Innovation Awards for 2023 Honor Contributions That Benefit Society

by Neelanjana Gautam
June 14, 2023

A UC Davis study finds most private label avocado oils are either rancid or adulterated. No enforceable standards for avocado oil exist yet. Pictured here is a bottle of avocado oil and spoon next to a cut avocado. (Getty Images)

Nearly 70% of Private Label Avocado Oil Rancid or Mixed With Other Oils

by Tiffany Dobbyn
May 24, 2023

Light brown eggs in a carton, viewed from a corner of the carton.

Sexing Chicken Eggs by Scent

by Andy Fell
May 22, 2023

UC Davis researchers find cultivated meat is likely worse for the climate than retail beef under current production methods. Photo of Mosa Meat Burger on a sesame seed bun with pickles, cheese, onions, lettuce and tomato.(Credit/ Mosa Meat CC-BY- 4)

Lab-Grown Meat’s Carbon Footprint Potentially Worse Than Retail Beef

by Amy Quinton
May 22, 2023

A gummy like substance drips on the branches of an almond tree near Fresno. The tree is infected with the pathogen Phytophthora syringae. The pathogen is usually found in tree roots but intense storms created the right conditions for the pathogen to "swim" up trunks. (Emily C. Dooley/UC Davis)

Winter Atmospheric Rivers Gave Pathogens, Diseases Path to Infect Crops

by Emily C. Dooley
May 15, 2023

A man in a lab coat and glasses kneels facing the camera in a poultry shed. White chickens are in the background.

UC Davis Researchers Unlock Valuable Information in Chicken Genome

by Tiffany Dobbyn
May 04, 2023

Man in white hat and blue shirt crouches among green wheat plants in a field.

Second Revolution Ahead for Green Revolution Grains

by Trina Kleist
May 03, 2023

ullseye Farms orchard manager Nick Edsall, left, with UC Davis Agricultural Water Center Director Isaya Kisekka. Kisekka is researching the ability of cover crops to increase soil moisture and groundwater recharge. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis) They stand in a row of green cover crops in an orchard full of young pistachio trees.

Growing Crops with Less Groundwater

by Amy Quinton
April 25, 2023

UC Davis professor Alessandro Ossola reaches into canopy of tree in urban garden

Alessandro Ossola Named Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Rsearch and UC Davis News and Media Relations
April 24, 2023

A new strawberry variety called Eclipse is held in a hand. The variety was bred to be resistant to Fusarium wilt, a deadly fungal disease.

UC Davis Releases 5 Strawberry Varieties Resistant to Deadly Fungal Disease

by Emily C. Dooley
April 18, 2023

Ermias Kebreab and Matthias Hess with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences stand in front of a cow eating feed at the UC Davis dairy barn. They will work with UC collaborators to cut methane emissions from cow guts using the genome-editing tool CRSPR. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Can CRISPR Cut Methane Emissions From Cow Guts?

by Clémentine Sicard
April 17, 2023

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