Proud to have Trace Genomics and Diane Wu 🧬🤓 in the Western Growers CIT for our growers! #agtech

#Grape rootstock makes a difference, says 🍇 study with UCCE advisor emeritus Paul Verdegaal & Lindsay Jordan

Our new paper led by Martin Bouda on xylem networks is now online! Combining microCT AdvancedLightSource + in vivo MRI reveals unexpected flow patterns that challenge some of our assumptions about how plants move water. Former account for Yale F&ES @UCDavis Population Ecology at IBOT nature.com/articles/s4146…

How much do increases in soil organic matter affect soil water holding capacity? Many numbers are being thrown around, see below. A 2017 paper looked at 50,000 measurements globally and concluded: "the increase in organic carbon in soil has a small effect on soil water content."

Understanding and Measuring Organic Matter in Soil. A new WSU Extension publication from my colleague Doug Collins and me. Below, soil organic matter dynamics as hydropower. pubs.extension.wsu.edu/understanding-…

A meta-analysis...Do cover crops benefit soil microbiome? Yes, they increase soil microbial abundance, activity, and diversity. Good to know. My question, do these changes this matter? The crucial benefit of cover crops is reducing erosion. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Sending lots of love to America's horticulturalists for making this #ValentinesDay special ❤️

During this #COVID19 crisis, farmers & farmworkers are still showing up to work every single day to provide safe & nutritious food. Supporting #agriculture is more important than ever! #agisessential

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Excited to officially start with Constellation Brands today as the Regional Viticulturist for the Central Coast. I have greatly enjoyed working collaboratively with Constellation in my career, and am very excited to join the team.

Felt so good to be back in the vineyard today! Getting to know my new stomping grounds

I get so frustrated on Pinterest, Twitter, FB over things like this.

Most accurate summary of work planning in 2020 I’ve seen

Collaboration w/Alireza Pourreza : A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Estimate Grapevine Leaf Nitrogen Concentration Using Aerial Multispectral Imagery ##mdpiremotesensing via Remote Sensing MDPI #viticulture #tablegrapes

Farms -- including orchards and vineyards -- can be beautiful this time of year. But, remember, the land may be private property. Pesticide applications could also be occurring. Look, but don't enter!

To improve soil health (increase soil organic matter?), you have to minimize erosion. But you can minimize erosion without increasing soil health. For long-term production, minimizing erosion is more important and probably easier in many situations.

And this: "Biology is only one factor more, not the "driver' of Soil Health. Soil Health does not rotate around biology however much microbiologists would like to believe otherwise from a professional and financial (grant funding) perspective." !

I’ll be there! Who else is going????

Y’all I have found THE BEST CONFERENCE FOOD HACK. DOORDASH to your hotel room to arrive around the time you’ll be out of your session, take food to Adults only pool.

Not cool leaving Hillsdale a solid minute early Caltrain, while we ran and pounded on doors to open as the 2:49 pulled away at 2:48. On days there are concerts at Oracle, you’d think you’d run like you should.