/ Walnuts Content for 69³ÉÈË en /food/news/uc-davis-releases-new-walnut-variety <p>69³ÉÈË 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 /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 University of California, 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 /news/uc-davis-cracks-walnut-genome <p>Scientists at the University of California, 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