Researchers to examine whether agave can be grown commercially in California Agave requires minimal watering, which is ideal for a drought ... resistant crop? In addition to creating best agricultural ...

UC Davis experts said those assertions are incorrect ... He pointed to more efficient farm irrigation and drought-resistant urban landscaping as two possible ways to save more. Lake Oroville was ...

WINTERS (CBS13) — It's come to be known as a "torture orchard" - researchers stressing trees to determine which are drought tolerant ... a research facility for UC Davis. On the 80 acres they ...

Salako is a recent grad from UC Davis, and helped local schools plant fire-resistant plants following Northern California fires last year. Drought-resistant plants include: Succulents such as ice ...

Growing wheat in drought conditions may be easier in the ... a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis and the first author on the paper. "Roots play a very ...

“Xylem are very important to shore up plants against drought as well as salt and other stresses,” said lead study author Siobhan Brady, a professor of plant biology at UC Davis. UC Davis plant ...

UC Riverside and a Riverside-based sod company have teamed up to sell a new drought-resistant bermuda grass. The grass, called Coachella, is a less thirsty, greener-longer hybrid of bermuda grass.