UC Small Grains Blog

Preliminary yield results from fall-planted 2017-18 variety trials

Preliminary grain yield results for our fall-planted common wheat, triticale, durum wheat and barley trials are now available on the UC Small Grains Research and Information Center...

2018 Small Grains Field Day Recap & Virtual Tour

Thanks to everyone who participated in our field day held in Davis last week! We appreciate the support of this event by the California Crop Improvement Association and the California Wheat Commission, as well as our colleagues within the UC Davis...

2017-18 seasonal conditions, fall-planted California wheat and UC small grain variety testing sites

With the majority of fall-planted California small grain crops reaching grain ripening stages and annual precipitation mostly finished, let's review 2017-18 seasonal weather patterns across the small grain regions of the state and at the UC small grain...

May 17th, 2018 Small Grains/Alfalfa-Forages Field Day

This is a reminder that the annual Small Grains/Alfalfa-Forages Field Day to be held at the University of California, Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters from 8AM – 4:30PM. The event showcases UC efforts in breeding and agronomic research related to...

Frost Injury in Wheat

I have received a couple inquiries from Pest Control Advisors about wheat that is showing leaf tip yellowing and burning (Fig. 1). Their suspicion is frost injury, and with the weather we have experienced over the last several weeks, their...

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