@UCAvocado

avocado breeding and improvement at UCRiverside he/him

Joined July 2015
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We are still in the fight to save Tiehm’s buckwheat! 🌼💚 Read this thread for an update on the status of the proposed $INR Rhyolite Ridge Mine. 👎🏼
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Please share! Myself and Kyle Cavanaugh @UCLA are looking for a 2 year postdoc for our statewide beach and dune habitat mapping project. The postdoc will support project goals/tasks and develop their own independent research projects. @CERFScience @aslo_org @WSN_Students
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Maize. Corn in all its colors. A few varieties of Zea mays.
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I'm ecstatic to share my 1st first-author paper! We studied genetic variation and population structure in a sampling of the world's largest collection of cowpea and conducted GWAS to map the genetic basis of seed pigmentation patterning and color. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

The pattern of genetic variability in a core collection of 2,021 cowpea accessions

Cowpea is a highly drought-adapted leguminous crop with great promise for improving agricultural sustainability and food security. Here, we report analyses derived from array-based genotyping of...

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Please re-post! Are you a researcher interested in how plants 🍊🍅🌽 🌾defend themselves against pests and pathogens 🪱? Join us in beautiful Riverside CA! We have an open faculty position in my department with wonderful colleagues and research facilities: aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01804
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@jobRxiv26 Nov 2023
Assistant Professor of Nematology The University of California Riverside is recruiting an assistant professor on the genetics and genomics of plant resistance to nematode pests! jobrxiv.org/job/university-o… #UnitedStatesUS #FacultyMember #ScienceJobs #job jobrxiv.org/job/university-o…

Assistant Professor of Nematology

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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Your regular reminder, as job season is upon us, that there are a ton of successful job applications (industry, PUI, and lots of research university) available here: github.com/RILAB/statements. Please consider contributing your own if you've recently landed a gig!

GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants

Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Please re-post! The University of California Riverside is recruiting an assistant professor on the genetics and genomics of🌾🍅🍊🥑🫛 plant resistance to nematode pests. Note: prior experience with nematodes is not necessary! I will be chairing the search: aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01804
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A barrel cactus in the morning sunrise light near the Reserve (Photo: Sicco Rood).
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A raven watches over a Borrego street while the moon rises to the east (Photo: Sicco Rood).
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time for my annual shtick about how halloeeen has technically fallen on november 7th for the past couple hundred years and so you should totally leave your decorations up for another week just to be safe
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A new beetle that attacks nuts has been confirmed in Stanislaus, Merced, Madera and Kings counties. “It has likely been here for a few years based on the damage we’ve seen," @IPMCorner tells @ToddFitchette farmprogress.com/insects/cal…

Calif. tree nuts under attack by new beetle

Known in Australia, the new beetle overwinters in mummy nuts.

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I'm a California #avocado grower and I endorse this message!
California Avocados
@CA_Avocados30 Oct 2023
Tap through → to learn more about our water use and conservation practices!
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Destructive insect native to Australia found in Ventura County, prompting its first U.S. quarantine #queenslandfruitfly #venturacounty #quarantine #agriculturalpests #cropdamage #agriculturalpests #santabarbaracounty kclu.org/local-news/2023-10-…

Destructive insect native to Australia found in Ventura County, prompting its first U.S. quarantine

The Queensland Fruit Fly lays its eggs in everything from avocados to strawberries. It's a new threat to the North America's agricultural industry.

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For those applying to grad school, if you are serious about joining a lab, make sure you talk to at least 2 former members of the lab. Try to get their honest opinions. This can be hard to do but worth the effort. Too many potential disasters...
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#SantaAnaWinds expected Sun-Mon for #SoCal: - NE gusts 35-50 MPH with isolated gusts 60+ MPH - Strongest winds Sun across Ventura/LA counties - Minimum RH 5-10% with poor overnight recovery - Widespread critical #FireWx condition likely. #CAwx
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Luna UCR avocado is one of @TIME's "200 'groundbreaking' inventions that debuted this year and 'are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what’s possible,' TIME said in a statement. news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/1…

Luna UCR avocado is one of TIME's '2023 best inventions'

The Luna UCR avocado is named by TIME as one of the best inventions of the year. Therecognition comes just months after UCR released the variety to commercial growers worldwide.

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🥑 Luna UCR avocado is one of @TIME's "200 'groundbreaking' inventions! Congrats to Mary Lu Arpaia @UCRCNAS and Eric Focht @UCAvocado 🥳 @pettyranch Did you see this?
Ag&Natural Resources@ucanr24 Oct 2023
Luna UCR avocado is one of @TIME's "200 'groundbreaking' inventions that debuted this year and 'are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what’s possible,' TIME said in a statement. news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/1…

Luna UCR avocado is one of TIME's '2023 best inventions'

The Luna UCR avocado is named by TIME as one of the best inventions of the year. Therecognition comes just months after UCR released the variety to commercial growers worldwide.

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Guess I can still use this site for this sort of drop 👇🏼🥑: news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/1…

Luna UCR avocado is one of TIME's '2023 best inventions'

The Luna UCR avocado is named by TIME as one of the best inventions of the year. Therecognition comes just months after UCR released the variety to commercial growers worldwide.

news.ucr.edu
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The new former Twitter format means that’s 👆🏼a url link and not just a photo, but if you’re still on here, you’ve probably figured all that out already
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