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Posts Tagged: Innovation
Thinking of Noted Cotton Entomologist Thomas Frances Leigh
This time of year we're thinking of noted cotton entomologist Thomas Frances Leigh (1923-1993)...
A display of harvested cotton balls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Buds, Butterflies and Books...
It's delightful to see a child browsing through an insect book. And it's double...
A children's book on the California state insect, the dogface butterfly, draws the interest of twins Ford and Wyatt Devine, 2, of Vacaville.The book was displayed at the Vacaville Museum Guild's Children's Party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congrats to Our UC Davis Nematology Doctoral Students
Nematodes are where it's at! Two UC Davis nematology doctoral students were invited to...
Doctoral candidate Alison Blundell delivering her award-winning presentation in the 12-minute student competition at the international Society of Nematologists. She won second place. (Photo by Veronica Casey)
Doctoral student Veronica Casey of the Siddique lab delivering an invited presentation on “Pathogenic Hitchhikers: Investigating the Synergy of Bacteria and Nematodes on Plant Health.”
Bumble Bees: Feeling Impact of Climate Change
We remember the reaction of Robbin Thorp (1933-2019), UC Davis distinguished emeritus...
UC Davis research shows that rising temperatures are particularly alarming to some bumble bee species, including the Western bumble bee, Bombus occidentalis. This one was located on Aug. 15, 2012 in the Mt. Shasta area. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis researchers found that one of "the winners" in their climate change study is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, shown here heading for a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male bumble bee, Bombus bifarius, nectaring on coastal goldfield, Lasthenia minor, at Bodega Bay. A UC Davis study shows that the rising temperatures are particularly alarming to a number of species, including this one. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing Spots and Holes?
So there you are, admiring your Coreopsis and suddenly you notice spots and holes--spots on...
Two Western spotted cucumber beetles, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, on a Coreposis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)