Category: News and Awards
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
Shannon Carmody in a turnip seed crop field, Willamette Valley, OR” (photo by Lindsey du Toit) Congratulations to Shannon Carmody, MS student in the Vegetable…
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…