Adolescents ranked food and nutrition knowledge among the most important aspects of food literacy for them to develop healthy eating patterns. Focus groups identified that adolescents did not pay attention to food labels or dietary guidance due to not understanding their application. With this, use of Nutrition Facts Labels and recognizing nutrients of concern, as identified within…

Conversely, Douglas-fir trees are readily cross-dated and hold more promise as a candidate for future dendrochemical studies. A number of additional tree species common to salmon-bearing watersheds have been identified as suitable for dendrochemical investigations and warrant an objective assessment. Especially informative would be the analysis of tree rings from locations where once prodigious populations of…

Under the animal rule, efficacy is established based on adequate and well-controlled studies in animal models of the human disease or condition of inTherest, and safety is evaluated under the pre-existing requirements for drugs and biologic products.As an example, the plant-derived mAb cocktail ZMapp for Ebola virus disease, manufactured by Kentucky Bioprocessing for Mapp Biopharmaceutical…

The work involved 592 trees and indicated that Lam would colonize a citrus tree and the rootstock rapidly, before manifestation of leaf symptoms. Eight months after pruning, symptoms were again present in 62.5% of the 376 trees in which the entire scion was removed 15–20 cm above the grafting line, and in 58.3% of the…

California leads the nation in production of grapes, lettuce, tomatoes, almonds, strawberries, and dozens more fruit, tree nut, vegetable and melon crops. California is the sole producer of important commodities such as almonds, raisins, walnuts, pistachios, prunes and nectarines. California produces more than 80 percent of national production for avocados, strawberries, wine grapes, table grapes,…

WUCOLS categorized thousands of species of landscape plants in six climate zones by their water use: very low, low, medium, and high. The work relied on the consensus of 36 experts from the public and private sectors, including UC. Since the inception of WUCOLS in 1992, additional species have been added, with major updates in 1994, 1999…

Hierarchical clustering analysis of the etiological agents revealed Salmonella, Norovirus, and Escherichia as the three most important biological hazards based on the number of outbreaks, illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths . In addition, the compilation of these data has enabled the identification of high priority pairs for breeding programs geared toward improving microbial safety of produce . These systems…

The major policy implication from Figure 6A; however, is that the real grower price, adjusted for inflation, has been steadily decreasing over the 1970-2001 period. The 2001 real grower price of almonds was barely over 50 cents per pound down from the peak real price of about $3.00 per pound in 1973. A causal glance…

Although these studies demonstrate well the importance of numerical modelling in the design and management of irrigation and fertigation systems for various crops, most studies involving salinity and nitrate leaching are based on either an analysis of hypothetical scenarios, or are carried out for annual crops. Hence, there is a need to carry out modelling…

With “urban farming” now part of the vernacular, agriculture has spread beyond its rural roots: now New York City has its own farmer training project, San Francisco’s municipal code encourages urban “micro farms,” and Chicago has a vibrant commercial urban agriculture program. With concerns over climate change on the rise, the term “resilient” has joined…