Plant Sciences | UC Davis

close of cone and needles on whitebark pine tree

Scientists Sequence Genome for Threatened Whitebark Pine

by Teodora Rautu
December 13, 2023

In the foreground, a forest of pine trees seen from just above including many dead brown trees. In the background are snowcapped mountains against a blue sky.

Can This Forest Survive? Predicting Forest Death or Recovery After Drought

by Trina Kleist
August 29, 2023

branches of moringa

African CRISPR Course Wins $2 Million in Funding

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Trina Kleist
May 26, 2023

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Man in white hat and blue shirt crouches among green wheat plants in a field.

Second Revolution Ahead for Green Revolution Grains

by Trina Kleist
May 03, 2023

UC Davis professor Alessandro Ossola reaches into canopy of tree in urban garden

Alessandro Ossola Named Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Rsearch and UC Davis News and Media Relations
April 24, 2023

Singer Taylor Swift in sequined top holds arms out with black background

Taylor Swift Becomes a Phenotype Monitoring Machine

by Malia Reiss
April 10, 2023

California poppies at eye level in field

Superbloom or Superbust?

by Malia Reiss
April 05, 2023

What Can I Do About Climate Change?

aerial view of forest burn scar shot by drone

Monitoring Forest Threats with New Open Forest Observatory

by Trina Kleist
September 21, 2022

Rice fields between Davis and Sacramento

Growing Cereal Crops With Less Fertilizer

by Emily C. Dooley
August 05, 2022

Two hands hold soil with backdrop of straw

Coming Back to Soil

by Hayley Morris
May 03, 2022

Boston ivy vines grow over the surface of a building

Can Vines Speed Urban Cooling?

by Emily C. Dooley
April 21, 2022

Woman in firefighting yellow shirt and hard hat holds hand to forehead against glare of sun and smoky woods during prescribed burn

Little Fires: Landowners Learn to Burn

by Kat Kerlin with visuals by Tim McConville
April 19, 2022

A patch of white clover leaves on dirt with a single flower.

Global Study of White Clover Shows Urbanization Driving Evolution

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
March 17, 2022

Students gardening in Yolo County near UC Davis student farm

Survey: People Turned to Gardening for Stress Relief, Food Access During Pandemic

by Emily C. Dooley
March 17, 2022

Two types of redwood leaves in bright green on black background. Left leaf fans out. Right leaf is tight, stick-like.

Discovery Uncovers a New Leaf for Redwoods

by Kat Kerlin
March 16, 2022

Greenhouse with wheat

UC Davis to Lead $15 Million Research Into Climate-Change-Resistant Wheat

by Emily C. Dooley
February 08, 2022

Smiling older man in argyle sweater holding wheat plants inside a laboratory. (Karin Higgins / UC Davis)

UC Davis Team Identifies Wheat Gene That Increases Yield

by Emily Dooley
February 02, 2022

A forested landscape in the Sierra Nevada mountains with rusty orange trees indicating bak beetle damage

Just What Is a ‘Resilient’ Forest, Anyway?

by Kat Kerlin
January 19, 2022

Grove of giant sequoias

Coast Redwood and Sequoia Genome Sequences Completed

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
December 16, 2021

Alpine lake with backdrop of mountains in high elevations of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

Drought and Climate Change Shift Tree Disease in Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
August 24, 2021

Fields of cotton

New Pima Cotton Cultivars Show Improved Resistance to Disease

by Tiffany Dobbyn
August 16, 2021

old-growth lichen attached to branches

Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
May 10, 2021

wine grapes in tuscany

Can Water Saving Traits Help Wine Survive Climate Change?

by Amy Quinton
December 17, 2020

A male student poses with several grass samples

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cattle on the range

Grazing and Riparian Restoration Are Compatible When You Put in the Work

by Diane Nelson
November 18, 2020

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