Fruits & Vegetables
- June 5, 2024
- Emerging virus variants are testing lettuce growers
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In the Salinas Valley, University of California researchers are working to develop plant resistance to new evolutions of longstanding crop diseases in lettuce, including Fusarium, Verticillium and Pythium.
Photo/Marita Cantwell/Regents of the University of California
- May 15, 2024
- Cabbage growers wage war on diamondback moth
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Cabbage growers in Ventura County are partnering with researchers at the University of California to control populations of diamondback moths.
Photo/Rob McCarthy
- May 1, 2024
- Remedies sought for new strawberry disease strain
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A new strain of fusarium wilt disease was discovered in Oxnard strawberry fields in 2022, prompting researchers to scramble to develop resistant strawberry varieties and short-term solutions.
Photo/Chris English/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons
- April 17, 2024
- New tools take aim at controlling strawberry pests
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Research conducted by the University of California tested new insecticides for controlling lygus bugs, a top pest for strawberries. Additional research also explored whether beneficial insects, fungi and bacteria can help manage spotted wing drosophila, which has developed resistance to widely used insecticides.
Photo/Bob Johnson
- April 3, 2024
- Cover crops supply nutrients on regenerative farm
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The Western Cover Crops Council and the University of California established this crop demonstration at Park Farming Organics in Sutter County to showcase several varieties of cover crops.
Photo/Vicky Boyd
- March 20, 2024
- Coastal agricultural project gives new farmers a boost
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Guillermo Lazaro, left, and Mireya Gomez-Contreras stand near a field of produce grown as part of the Santa Cruz County-based Esperanza Community Farms, where they serve as co-leaders. The nonprofit operates the sustainable community agriculture project that leases land to new and beginning organic farmers.
Photo/Courtesy Esperanza Community Farms
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