Agriculture Engineering

Oct. 22: AHB webinar on clean fuel standards

PULLMAN, Wash. – Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB), a consortium of regional university and industry partners working to prepare the Pacific Northwest for a sustainable hardwood bioproducts and biofuels industry, will celebrate National Bioenergy Day on Oct.22 with an informative webinar focusing on the debate surrounding a Clean Fuels Standard in Washington and Oregon.

Grant helps WSU improve state’s most valuable crops

By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists at Washington State University have been awarded $2.53 million to improve fruit quality and disease resistance of crops in the rosaceae family (apple, blackberry, peach, pear, rose, strawberry, sweet cherry and tart cherry).

$1.5 million grant to advance ‘big data’ for genomic research

By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists at Washington State University have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to help meet the growing needs of the data driven genomic science community. The Tripal Gateway project will build on existing cyberinfrastructure to enhance the capacity of […]

WSU professor recognized for frozen food innovation

By Kate Wilhite, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Juming Tang, food engineering researcher and regents professor at Washington State University, has earned the 2014 Freezing Research Award – international recognition for research that has significantly improved food quality and safety through freezing.

Plant biotech startup speeds propagation

By Kate Wilhite, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers-turned-entrepreneurs have developed a method for growing trees three times faster while conserving water and reducing the need for pesticides – and they just made their first sale.