“Professor William Jasper Spillman inspired students, colleagues farmers and administrators,” said Steve Jones, WSU winter wheat breeder. “It is our hope that he continues to inspire for generations to come.” Jones spoke before a crowd of more than 100 people at the rededication of the Spillman memorial stone on Saturday, Oct. 21. William Jasper Spillman […]
PULLMAN — Stephen Jones, a Washington State University wheat breeder, has received a $680,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop wheat varieties suited for low-input and organic agriculture systems.The funding will underwrite continuing research in the nation’s only certified organic wheat breeding program.Organic demand“There’s a tremendous demand for organic wheat,” Jones said. […]
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 […]
If you plan to celebrate the Chinese New Year (on Jan. 29) with dinner at your favorite Asian restaurant, think about this: More research will have gone into the formulation of the noodles on your plate than your old noodle can imagine. Just ask Byung-Kee Baik, WSU’s reigning researcher of ramen — as well as […]
Washington State University researcher Diter von Wettstein has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to begin developing strains of wheat that will be safe for people with celiac disease to eat. Celiac disease can appear at any time in life, often triggered by surgery, viral infection or severe stress. Nearly 1 […]
The importance of staff members to the work of faculty is clear in the partnership between Gary Shelton, research supervisor in WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, and Kimberlee K. Kidwell, associate professor, spring wheat breeder and geneticist. Both are recent award winners for their efforts to advance the wheat industry in Washington. Shelton […]