WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced today that the USDA is awarding more than $4.5 million in research grants to address organic agricultural issues and priorities, including global competitiveness. The largest single grant nationally went to a partnership between Washington State University and Idaho State University. “To succeed in organic agriculture, producers must […]
Washington State University ranked 24th in the world over the last decade in terms of citation impact in the field of agricultural science, according to the latest issue of Science Watch newsletter, which tracks trends and performance in basic research. Citation impact is defined as citations per paper and is a measure of the […]
PROSSER– Naidu Rayapati, a virologist at Washington State University’s Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, will help train Indian scientists as part of the U.S.-India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative. The AKI is a public-private partnership intended to facilitate technology transfer; bolster agricultural research, education and extension; and strengthen trade and regulatory capacity building. Both nations are […]
PULLMAN — It’s been a long time coming, but Washington State University has received approval from the state Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agriculture and Food Systems starting this fall.Five majors will be offered, including the nation’s first major in organic agriculture systems.The new interdisciplinary degree will integrate […]
PULLMAN — Thanks in part to recent hot, dry weather, stripe rust has not been much in evidence in the Palouse, according to Xianming Chen, a U.S. Department of Agriculture plant pathologist at Washington State University, who tracks outbreaks of the disease.That’s good news for the region’s wheat growers, who have witnessed severe outbreaks of […]
Members of WSU’s Turf Club will begin landscaping a site in front of Clark Hall, the new location of the Spillman family marker, on Friday, April 21.William Jasper Spillman, a member of the faculty of the Washington State Agricultural College and School of Science from 1894 to 1902, was the university’s first wheat breeder. He […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Citing the importance of agriculture to Skagit County and their specific charge to encourage economic development, Port of Skagit County commissioners Thursday committed a quarter million dollars to WSU’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center.The funds will support research being conducted at the center as well as the revitalization currently underway […]
WSU soil scientist Lynne Carpenter-Boggs has been named coordinator for the university’s Biologically Intensive Agriculture and Organic Farming (BIOAg) program. Carpenter-Boggs currently serves as an instructor and researcher in WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. She holds a doctorate in soil sciences from WSU, as well as a master’s degree from Iowa State […]
Improved apples, peaches, pears and cherries at market sooner. This is one benefit of research by WSU bioinformaticist Dorrie Main.Piece by piece, Main, an associate professor of horticulture and a scientist in the WSU Agricultural Research Center, is mapping the DNA mosaic of the rosaceous family. The family includes Washington’s largest crop–apples–and other tree fruit […]
Some people are naturally gifted with the ability to multi-task. One such person is Keri Druffel, research technologist III for the Department of Plant Pathology. Her ever-present energy, hard work and accomplishments have earned her a 2005 President’s Employee Excellence Award. “I keep asking her what type of coffee she drinks,” said Hanu R. Pappu, […]