July 16, 2026

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UC Davis assistant professor Imtiyza Khanday wins University of California Office of the President's Excellence Award for early career scientists

July 7, 2026

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At UC Davis, students learn plant breeding, gain career experience - Hands-on training shapes student-led SCOPE Program

June 22, 2026

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UC Davis student-led program develops blue wheat (Capital Press)

June 16, 2026

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10 ways UC Davis is changing the world

June 10, 2026

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UC Davis Ph.D. Yufei Qian and team seek watercress that’s even more nutritious - Breeding lines being developed for indoor cultivation

June 9, 2026

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Elite breeding lines being developed for indoor cultivation of watercress

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