News and Awards

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• Dr. du Toit interviewed for APS podcast series
  Lindsey du Toit, Vegetable Seed Pathologist, was interviewed for the APS Plantopia podcast episode Seeds! which addresses the important role of seeds in our lives, what…
• Lisa DeVetter wins ISHS Young Minds Award
  Lisa DeVetter won the ISHS Young Minds Award for the best oral presentation at XII International Rubus and Ribes Symposium: Innovative Rubus and Ribes Production for High Quality…
• Alex Batson receives award
  Alex Batson, a Ph.D. student advised by Dr. Lindsey duToit (Plant Pathology), is the recipient of a 2020 Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Research Foundation Award of $10,000 plus…
• du Toit hosts scientist from Denmark
  Dr. Merete Halkjaer Olesen, plant pathologist at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg, Denmark, visited Dr. Lindsey du Toit’s vegetable seed pathology program at the WSU Mount…
• Western SARE Graduate Student Proposal Award
  Congratulations to Shannon Carmody, MS student in Dr. Lindsey du Toit’s vegetable seed pathology program, on applying successfully for a Western SARE Graduate Student Proposal…
• Annual Field Day highlights WSU Mount Vernon research programs, projects
  Pollination, plant pathogens, and pesticide alternatives are a recurring theme in the 2015 WSU Mount Vernon NWREC Annual Field Day, which includes a lengthy walking…
• WSU Mount Vernon Small Grains Field Day heralds new grain varieties, flavors
  Flavor in many forms will be featured at this year’s Small Grains Field Day here at the Research Center from 3 to 6 p.m. June…
• Smick Scholarship Award
  Congratulations to Shannon Carmody, MS student in the Vegetable Seed Pathology program, on receiving the Alexander A. Smick Scholarship in Rural Community Service and Development….
• Research explores cover crop role in reducing tulip-bulb weeds, diseases
  As WSU weed scientist Tim Miller puts it, tulips “go hand in hand with weeds” this time of year in the Skagit Valley, where the…
• Impacts on fruit quality focus of new WSU biodegradable mulch research
  The development of biodegradable mulches has provided some potential eco-friendly benefits to the agriculture industry, but until now there has been no way to determine…
• Apple Cider Qualities Testing
  Washington State University researchers are gearing up to test apple cider qualities this year, thanks to a $40,000 grant announced this month by the university’s…
• Risky Business
  Risky Business Soil test results help spinach seed growers identify best spots for spring planting. Nearly two dozen spinach seed growers got a heads-up on…