Cathy Isom tells us how bats play a significant role in agriculture. That story is ahead on “This Land of Ours.” Bats and Agriculture From: Center for Biological Diversity The…
Agri View: Ornamental Fish
…Live rock serves as the principal biological and chemical filter in many marine-type tanks, and the encrusted organisms usually provide much of the background coloration in the tank. The vast…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…Niederholzer said, which slows the biological activity of the flowers. In many orchards, stormy weather also prevented honeybees from flying. Although prunes self-pollinate, Neill Mitchell said, the bees help increase…
Western View: Next Big Thing?
…provider of enzyme and microbial technologies, and it is moving into the field of Ag Biological. In the mid-1900’s, the company spearheaded development in enzymes used in detergents. The enzymes…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
…the Klamath River for coho salmon and the water supply to be reserved in Upper Klamath Lake for Lost River and shortnose suckers, consistent with a joint biological opinion prepared…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…become the first American winery to use the innovative, closed-loop biological wastewater treatment system to process 100% of its winery wastewater. Powered by billions of earthworms working rapidly in concert…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…Delta smelt biological opinion and the 2009 salmonid biological opinion. Since December 2015, more than 8 million acre-feet of water has flowed into the Delta, while pumping into key south-of-the…
UC Davis Vet School Ranked #1 in World, Again
…featured among the world’s elite institutions in 32 of the 42 subjects featured. Those subjects include environmental sciences, 13th; biological sciences, 31st; and earth and marine sciences, 34th. “The QS…
Almond Board: Leaffooted Bug Monitoring
…of tactics to control economically damaging pest populations. Control tactics may include mating disruption, cultural or biological controls, beneficial insects and the judicious use of pesticides, when necessary. Newer, softer…
$14.5 Million in Available Funding for Plant-Biotic Research
…Projects must be strongly justified in terms of fundamental biological processes and/or relevance to agriculture and may be purely fundamental or applied, or include aspects of both perspectives. Applications are…
Quest to Convert Algae to Biofuel
…ROC40 was the most induced when the cells made the most oil. The high induction of that protein suggested to scientists that it could be playing an important biological role,…
ACP Monitoring ‘Springs’ Into Action
…aggressively treated by county officials. The website outlines biological control efforts that are underway, and directions for insecticidal control, if it is needed. An online calculator on the website allows…
Asian Wasps Could Help Stink Bug Control
…environmental scientist specializing in biological control, and Mark Hoddle, UC Cooperative Extension biological control specialist. Funding was also provided by the USDA Farm Bill, the California Pistachio Research Board, the…
Options for Managing Vine Mealybug
…than fruit in a neighboring Crimson Seedless vineyard, which might be harvested in October. Due to the complexity of these and other factors, such as biological control, decisions about the…