Scientists Dispute Hypothesis That Climate Change Will Unleash Massive Ag Pest Populations

Andy Fell — May 12, 2026 - 10:27am

The widespread hypothesis that climate warming will result in unprecedented agricultural pest populations and cause food insecurity worldwide is oversimplified, according to a new study by a team led by Mia Lippey, an entomologist at the University of California, Davis. But the study does indicate that pests fare better in warmer temperatures than their natural enemies, which researchers identified as a cause for concern.

How Does a Parasitic Nematode Infect a Wide Variety of Plants?

Andy Fell — November 19, 2025 - 10:54am

Nematologists at the University of California, Davis, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology and associate professor Shahid Siddique, Department of Entomology and Nematology, have long wondered how the the Northern root-knot nematode (Me

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Scientists Dispute Hypothesis That Climate Change Will Unleash Massive Ag Pest Populations

How Does a Parasitic Nematode Infect a Wide Variety of Plants?