March 6, 2026

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Plant cell structure could hold key to cancer therapies and improved crops

Students network at ASTA conference - Seed Central members sponsor career-building opportunities

March 5, 2026

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UC Davis SBC courses for 2026: Invest in skills that move markets

March 4, 2026

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Our daily agricultural miracle is no accident - Sustaining the government-university-farmer partnership takes work, but it’s essential

March 3, 2026

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Transformative gift propels UC Davis’ leadership in ag tech

Why plants are not stupid: Introducing the “Bloom Cycle" - A newly described biochemical pathway explains key plant processes

February 27, 2026

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From labs to lives: at UC Davis, the Student Collaborative Organic Plant Breeding Education (SCOPE) develops food for the future

February 24, 2026

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A gene editor that's a better fit for plants - Engineered enzymes rival CRISPR efficiency for producing heritable gene edits

February 20, 2026

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A pint-sized gene editor could expand precision breeding in plants - Engineered “jumping gene” enzymes rival CRISPR efficiency for producing heritable gene edits

Enemy at the stomatal gate - How bacteria trick plants into letting them pass

January 29, 2026

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Grant to expand self-cloning crop technology for Indian farmers - UC Davis plant biologist Venkatesan Sundaresan receives grant to produce higher-yielding crops for sustainable agriculture

January 23, 2026

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Biologists and engineers discover what makes a plant-wilting Ralstonia bacteria so deadly

December 9, 2025

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Two University of California, Davis researchers awarded a VinFuture Prize recognizing their work to develop self-cloning crops

December 3, 2025

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UC Davis' new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation will help Central Valley provide food sustainably (Comstock's Magazine)

Rising heat leads to minimal losses for California processing tomatoes

December 1, 2025

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University of California, Davis researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat (The Western Producer)

November 14, 2025

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Lima beans: Sweet, bitter and fighting worms - UC Davis breeding team heads toward regional field trials

October 16, 2025

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What’s at stake with U.S. federal research funding cuts - At UC Davis, federal funding enables researchers to improve lives across fields

UC Davis launches new phase of From Labs to Lives campaign to highlight value of federally funded research - Campaign adds voices of scientists, patients, pet owners, farmers

September 25, 2025

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UC Davis team develops AI tool to measure real-time crop health from the field - The Leaf Spectrometry App predicts nutrition and stressors

September 24, 2025

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AI tool to help farmers measure real-time crop health from the field

UC Davis' Student Collaborative Organic Plant Breeding Education (SCOPE) to release new zinnia, tomato, wheat varieties - And the winner is… Shirley!

September 10, 2025

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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) research to reduce gluten intolerance

August 28, 2025

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Wheat that makes its own fertilizer - Bacterial work-around aims to reduce pollution, lower costs for farmers

August 5, 2025

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UC Davis's new plant breeding certificate deepens grad student skills - First cohort recognized this year

How plants are learning to spot sneaky bacterial invaders - With help from AI, researchers upgraded plants’ internal alarm system to fend off pathogens

July 31, 2025

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Retired UC Davis weed scientist Steve Fennimore’s advice: Invest at the intersection of ag and engineering

July 15, 2025

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UC Davis postdoctoral researchers Pershang Hosseini and Matt Fatino offer parasite management strategies - Weed Day includes Orobanche research

July 8, 2025

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Research: Genetic basis of fruit quality traits in processing tomatoes (Tomato News)

Plants seek friendly environments rather than adapt