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Smoke From Megafires Puts Orchard Trees at Risk

Amy M Quinton — October 02, 2024 - 2:00pm

UC Davis researchers say long-term smoke exposure from massive wildfires lowers the energy reserves of orchard trees and can cut their nut production by half.

UC Davis Releases New Walnut Variety

Amy M Quinton — January 21, 2021 - 10:00am

UC Davis researchers have bred a new walnut variety, "UC Wolfskill," which will give growers a way to harvest earlier and boost harvest efficiency.

UC Davis cracks the walnut genome

IET WebDev — December 10, 2015 - 12:00am

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time sequenced the genome of a commercial walnut variety. The information should accelerate the rate of breeding and variety improvement in walnuts and help breeders select for desired traits such as insect and disease resistance, and drought tolerance.