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Christian Nansen Lab: Groundbreaking Research on Plant-to-Plant Communication

An illustration of plant-plant communication by the Christian Nansen lab, in the Plant Methods journal

Professor Rick Karban of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, author of the...

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Posted on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 6:03 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Christian Nansen (11), insect herbivory (1), Plant Methods journal (1), plant-plant communication (1), Rick Karban (12), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (155)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Innovation Pest Management

Diane Ullman: Off to France on a Fulbright to Research Plant Virus-Insect Interactions

UC Davis professor Diane Ullman, shown here in Saint-Enimie in southern France, has just received a Fulbright to study plant virus-insect interactions in France. This site is a few hours north of Langedoc, where she will be working.

A Fulbright to France... Congratulations to UC Davis entomology professor Diane Ullman who has...

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Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 5:21 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Diane Ullman (52), France (1), Fulbright (1), insect-plant interactions (2), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (155)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Innovation Natural Resources Pest Management

Dragonflies En Masse

A wind-swept meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum, perches on a fence post after feasting on prey on July 1, 2018 in Vacaville, Calif. This was taken just after sunrise with a 200mm macro lens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So there they were, literally dozens of dragonflies flying around two separate Vacaville (Calif.)...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 5:13 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), Greg Kareofelas (41), pterostigma (1), Sympetrum corruptum (3), UC Davis (147), variegated meadowhawk dragonfly (2)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Yard & Garden

The Work of William Hazeltine II Lives On

Brothers Craig and Lee Hazeltine recently honored Bill Hazeltine Research Award recipients Olivia Winokur and Maribel

The late medical entomologist William Emery Hazeltine II (1926-1994) worked tirelessly in mosquito...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 3:34 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aedes aegypti (20), Bill Hazeltine Research Awards (1), Craig Hazeltine (2), Culex (3), Lee Hazeltine (1), Maribel Portilla (2), mosquito research (2), Olivia Winokur (2), UC Davis (147), William Emery Hazeltine II (1)

Focus Area Tags: Health Innovation Pest Management

Why Beauty Is in the Eye of the Bee-Holder

A crabronid wasp or beewolf foraging on a pineapple sea lily (Eryngium horridum) at the Morningsun Herb Farm, Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford was right. In Molly Bawn, published in 1878, Hungerford...

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Posted on Monday, July 9, 2018 at 4:21 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), crabronid wasp (2), Eryngium horridum (1), Morningsun Herb Farm (1), Philanthus (2), pineapple sea lily (1), UC Davis (147)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Pest Management Yard & Garden

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