May 22, 2026

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UC Davis opens Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation - Facility will advance scalable agricultural solutions through cutting-edge technology and research

May 21, 2026

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The fungus that spoils nearly everything - Researchers discover the secret behind gray mold’s unstoppable spread

May 20, 2026

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Among the Academies: plant biology’s global impact - UC Davis Distinguished Professor Pamela Ronald’s rice research changes lives

May 15, 2026

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A fresh approach to peppermint - Introducing genetic variation to improve and protect crop

May 13, 2026

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Scientists dispute hypothesis that climate change will unleash massive ag pest populations

May 6, 2026

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Plants walk a fine line between growth and defense - How plants regulate salicylic acid to balance disease resistance with healthy growth

April 24, 2026

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Breakthrough in basic plant science will save time and money for researchers, breeders

April 17, 2026

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Cover crops nourish our food and our land

April 16, 2026

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California’s processing tomato industry taking steps to stop spread of parasitic weed branched broomrape - Equipment cleaning could prevent branched broomrape, help growers

April 14, 2026

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Good news for pasta lovers grows in UC Davis fields - Durum wheat resistant to deadly stripe rust developed

April 10, 2026

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UC Davis' Xiaofei  Zhang and team land $618K grant to improve bread wheat - Goal: Move beyond Green Revolution genes for low-input agriculture

March 16, 2026

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Editor genético ‘miniatura’ para revolucionar el fitomejoramiento de precisión

March 10, 2026

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Study improves understanding of food safety risks in California Central Coast produce

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

February 17, 2026

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War at the stomatal gate: Maeli Melotto's team flags chemical signaling that tricks plants - Discovery could lead to bacteria-resistant lettuce

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)