Walnuts Content / Walnuts Content for °×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û en °×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û Releases New Walnut Variety /food/news/uc-davis-releases-new-walnut-variety <p>°×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û researchers have bred a new walnut variety, "UC Wolfskill," which will give growers a way to harvest earlier and boost harvest efficiency.&nbsp;</p> January 21, 2021 - 10:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/uc-davis-releases-new-walnut-variety A Nutty Idea: A Little Stress Could Be Good for Walnuts /news/nutty-idea-little-stress-could-be-good-walnuts <p>When it comes to watering walnuts, most California growers believe you need to start early to keep trees healthy and productive throughout the long, hot summer. But according to striking results from a long-term experiment in a walnut orchard in Red Bluff, California, growers can improve crop production if they hold off irrigation until later in the season and directly measure their trees’ water needs.</p> <p>The findings from researchers at the °×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û, Davis, may help farmers optimize water use.</p> October 22, 2018 - 11:03am Amy M Quinton /news/nutty-idea-little-stress-could-be-good-walnuts °×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û cracks the walnut genome /news/uc-davis-cracks-walnut-genome <p>Scientists at the °×С½ãÍõÖÐÍõ¿ª½±½á¹û, 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.</p> December 10, 2015 - 12:00am IET WebDev /news/uc-davis-cracks-walnut-genome