CAHNRS News – November 16, 2012 Who is this Mysterious Man? We already know that the man on the right is Clarence (aka Bud) Ryan, the renowned plant microbiologist who transformed our understanding of plant defense mechanisms. But who is the man with him? And why are they studying these plants? And what are the instruments on […]
Six Pack of WSU Students Team Up to Make Premium Wines A handful of juniors and seniors majoring in viticulture and enology at WSU Tri-Cities are engaged in a winemaking project that takes them from the vineyard to the winery and beyond. Their capstone course involves every aspect of the winemaking process, said Thomas Henick-Kling, […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – Stefano Musacchi, an internationally recognized leader in pomology (the science of fruit and fruit growing), will join the faculty at Washington State University in August 2013 as the endowed chair in tree fruit physiology/management. The chair is funded by the state’s apple and pear growers through their historic partnership with WSU by investing […]
EVERETT, Wash. – Powerful windstorms are regular visitors to the Cascade foothills, especially this time of year. Washington State University Extension is offering a workshop for people living in wooded areas on how to reduce the risk of wind damage to trees and how to properly clean up tree damage after a storm to prevent […]
Modeling Drought Resistance to Improve Biofuel Production From the number of tomatoes in a backyard garden to the yield of wheat on commerical cropland, the availability of water significantly influences a plant’s productivity. But an equally critical factor is how a plant reacts to the available water supply. Even within the same plot, individual plants […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – What a difference a month makes. October clearly lived up to its reputation as a transitional month in Washington, as conditions shifted from warmth, wildfires and frost to heavy winds, rain and snow.
CHEHALIS, Wash. – The Washington State University Creamery will offer its popular series of basic cheese making, advanced cheese making and pasteurization short courses in early 2013.
Some say it’s the most complicated machine we’ve ever built. We rely on it not just each day, but each moment of each day. It reaches into our homes, factories, offices and stores. And at times it’s surprisingly fragile and subject to massive failure. I’m talking about the electrical grid. We’ve recently seen it tested […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – James Harsh, a Washington State University faculty member since 1983, has been appointed chair of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, effective Jan. 1. Harsh succeeds Rich Koenig, who was named associate dean and director of WSU Extension.
CAHNRS News – November 1, 2012 Early Edition of CAHNRS News CAHNRS News is going out a little early this week, as the CAHNRS Marketing, News, and Educational Communication site, http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/, is being migrated to a new server as a part of the ongoing Web Integration Project. Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Thank you to […]