Crops | UC Davis

A quail walks among rows of kale seedlings

Little Birds, Little Poops, Little Food Safety Risk

by Kat Kerlin
January 21, 2025

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

Green rice plants in paddy fields with palm trees in the background.

Rice Breeding Breakthrough to Feed Billions

by Andy Fell
January 10, 2023

grape field irrigation

Maximizing Use of Water Stored in Soil Could Result in Savings for Farmers

by Amy Quinton
May 14, 2019

Postdoc Imtiyaz Khanday and Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan with cloned rice plants in a UC Davis green house, December 2018.

Rice Plants That Reproduce as Clones From Seed

by Andy Fell
December 12, 2018

Photo of aerial roots of corn

Study Finds Indigenous Mexican Variety of Corn Captures the Nitrogen It Needs From the Air

by Amy Quinton
August 07, 2018

Photo of organic beans

UC Davis Students Breed Beans for Organic Farming

by Diane Nelson
April 11, 2018

Scientist in maize field

Tracking Down the Jumping Genes of Maize

by Ann King Filmer
August 23, 2017

Large tractor pulls frame-like equipment with cameras through tomato field.

Breeding Crops Today for an Uncertain Tomorrow

by Diane Nelson
March 09, 2017

Japanese beetle on leaf

Diversity as Natural Pesticide

by Kat Kerlin
October 12, 2016

Pile of cattle manure in front of field and barn

$2 Million Grant Funds Organic Farming Study of Manure and Food Safety

by Pat Bailey
October 03, 2016

Maize Genetics May Show How Crops Adapt to Climate Change

by Ann Filmer
September 14, 2016

Students in field with bell peppers

Students Breeding a Better Organic Popper Pepper

by Diane Nelson
September 09, 2016

An African woman holds out a handful of brown shea nuts against a backdrop of tall trees, blue sky and white clouds.

Forgotten Crops May Hold Key to Nutritional Security

by Diane Nelson
February 24, 2016

Bumblebee on a flower

Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, study finds

by Pat Bailey
December 21, 2015

Helping replenish California's groundwater

by Kat Kerlin
December 09, 2015

Historical picture from early 1900 of people harvesting hay

Seeds of Science

by Kathleen Holder
August 15, 2007

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