A WSU team has designed a system that uses automated drones to deter pest birds, like European starlings or crows, that cost growers millions of dollars a year in stolen or ruined fruit.
An insight into how the fungi that causes white mold rot avoids plant defenses could lead to a new tool to combat a pathogen that causes billions of dollars of crop loss worldwide.
Backed by a more than $3 million fund, Steve Culman will address priorities in irrigated agriculture, including the need to better understand and protect soil.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, March 19, volunteers will plant young redcedars at Tacoma’s Swan Creek Park in a grassroots, classroom-focused effort to learn how these distinctive, beautiful giants can stand up to a changing climate.
Finalists aspiring to be the next dean of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences will be making public presentations during their visits to WSU later this month.